alto-relievo

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of sculpture in which carved figures or other objects protrude from the background. countable,uncountable
    — Nobody is in the great pew of the Clavering family, except the statues of defunct baronets and their ladies: there is Sir Poyntz Clavering, Knight and Baronet, kneeling in a square beard opposite his wife in a ruff: a very fat lady, the Dame Rebecca Clavering, in alto-relievo, is borne up to Heaven by two little blue-veined angels, who seem to have a severe task—and so forth.

词形变化

alto-relievos plural alto-rilievo alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Italian alto-
Italian rilievo
Italian altorilievobor.
English alto-relievo
Borrowed from Italian altorilievo (“high relief”).
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