单词 | in alto-relievo |
释义 | > as lemmasin alto-relievo 1. Carving, moulding, or stamping in which the sculptured shapes project from the plane surface to at least half their actual depth in the round; high relief (see relief n.3 1a). Frequently in in alto-relievo. Also attributive or as adj.Opposed to basso-relievo n. Cf. also mezzo-relievo n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [noun] > relief > high relief great relief1634 alto-relievo1664 grand relief1703 alt-relief1748 alto relief1772 haut-relief1850 1664 J. Evelyn tr. L. Alberti Statues in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 152 How parts are to be raised, or depress'd by Alto, or Basso Relievo, as Artists tearm it. 1717 G. Berkeley in Life & Lett. (1871) 550 The infinite profusion of alto-relievo. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 162 A fine bust of Queen Elizabeth on onyx, alto relievo in profile. 1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. ii. vi. 334 A Puteal, on which are represented, in alto relievo, five groupes of Fauns and Bacchanalian Nymphs. 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 1 Upon the hub the portrait is cut in alto relievo by a machine. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxix. 470 ‘Herr Loerke is doing a great frieze for a factory in Cologne.’..‘What is the relief?’ asked Gudrun. ‘Alto relievo.’ 1990 R. S. Gamble Hist. Archit. Alabama (2001) 175 Decorative plaster interior cornices and moldings of the period ca. 1850-80 were often executed in alto-relievo. 2007 Women's Art Jrnl. 28 29 Brooks..proceeded to model an alto relievo portrait of The Reverie of Queen Isabella in butter. < as lemmas |
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