alto-relievo

(redirected from High-relief)
Also found in: Encyclopedia.
Related to High-relief: low relief

al·to-re·lie·vo

also al·to-ri·lie·vo (ăl′tō-rĭ-lē′vō, äl′tō-rēl-yā′vō)
n. pl. al·to-re·lie·vos also al·to-ri·lie·vi (-rēl-yā′vē)
See high relief.

[Italian altorilievo : alto, high; see alto + rilievo, relief; see bas-relief.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

alto-relievo

(ˌæltəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) or

alto-rilievo

n, pl -vos
(Art Terms) another name for high relief
[C18: from Italian]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in periodicals archive ?
Human and animal representations with the same characteristics were also added in high-relief on spherical pottery.
The three rocky outcrops making up what is now known as "Camel Site", located 8km north of Sakaka, exhibit low- and high-relief realistic representations of at least 11 dromedaries (an Arabian camel) and two donkeys or mules.
Located eight kilometres north of the city of Sakaka, the three rocky outcrops making up what is now known as "Camel Site" exhibit low- and high-relief realistic representations of at least 11 dromedaries and two donkeys or mules.
Assisted by Shane and me, students rolled out their clay slabs and constructed the cylinder where they would sculpt their low- and high-relief elements.
An unusual slip-stitch pattern worked in two colors creates a stunning fabric for this unisex scarf.The high-relief design on its right side resembles stonework on Scalloway Castle, in the former capital of the Shetland Islands, or jagged rocks along Shetland shores.
In the Pamir, at the northwestern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, the Cenozoic orogeny formed high-relief mountains of about 500 km north-south extent.
The stones also contained several high-relief disc-like fissures (Figure 2b).
Decorated skulls are mainly characterized by floral motifs carved into the bones--either as high-relief or incision/engraving (Roth 1896:II:147-153).
Cheshire would not have known of a very similar gilt silver emblema (high-relief bust) of a woman with a fully realized elephant exuviurn, with symbols of a scorpion and cobra, sold at Christie's in New York, in 2011 (sale 2490, lot 174).
The high-relief stucco sculpture measures 26 feet by 6 feet and includes three main characters wearing rich ornaments of quetzal feathers and jade sitting on the heads of monsters.
Anchoring in deep water, near a shipwreck or other high-relief structure, is a formidable and potentially dangerous task for a new boater.

Full browser ?