‖ ˈbasso-reliˈevo, riliˈevo
Pl. -os. Also 8 basse-, bas-relievo.
[ad. It. basso-rilievo (ˈbasso riˈljevo) low relief.]
= bas-relief, q.v.
| a 1666 Evelyn Diary 19 Nov. an. 1644 (1955) II. 259 A deepe basso-relievo, a l'antique. 1676 F. Vernon in Phil. Trans. I. 578 About the Cornice..is a basso relievo of men on horseback. 1780 Sir J. Reynolds Disc. x. (1842) 179 A single group in basso-relievo. Ibid. (1876) 17 In bas-relievos it is totally different. 1850 A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 282 The fine series of basso-relievos on the walls of the chapel. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 15 We know the veld..This basso-relievo of a land. 1960 R. Lister Decorative Cast Ironwork Gt. Brit. iv. 83 Giving some firebacks the appearance of borders from title pages translated into basso-relievo. |