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Definition of Basso rilievo
1. Noun. A sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut.
Generic synonyms: Embossment, Relief, Relievo, Rilievo, Sculptural Relief
Antonyms: High Relief
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basso Rilievo
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Literary usage of Basso rilievo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1829)
"BASSO-RILIEVO OF THE CHAMP DE DRAP D*OR. PALACE AND COURTS OF JUSTICE. You must
make up your mind to see a few more sights in the city of Rouen, ..."
2. The Fine Arts by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1891)
"tained in Sir Charles Eastlake's essay on ' Basso-Rilievo,' in his ... Of these
basso-rilievo he describes as that kind of low relief in which the outline ..."
3. Handbook of sculpture, ancient and modern by Richard Westmacott (1864)
"BASSO-RILIEVO.—PERSIA. The conquests of the Persians over the Egyptians, and
their intercourse with different parts of Asia Minor, would account for some ..."
4. Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1870)
"THE Italian term basso-rilievo, or the French bas-relief, is commonly applied to any
... In its more particular meaning, basso-rilievo, low or flat relief, ..."
5. Travels on the Continent: Written for the Use and Particular Information of by Mariana Starke (1820)
"... basso-rilievo on the pedestal is taken from the Odyssey, and represents Ulysses
in the Shades Below. Hall of Pallas. 230, a Woman petitioning the Gods: ..."
6. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"In basso-rilievo, for instance, they are (either in the horizontal or perpendicular
sense) superficial. Io painting, on the other hand, although they tre ..."
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