Word Meanings - MEZZO-RELIEVO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Mezzo-rilievo.

MEZZO-RELIEVO
Mezzo-rilievo.
MEZZO
Mean; not extreme.
MEZZO-RILIEVO
A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
MEZZOTINTO
Mezzotint.
MEZZOTINT
A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n. A mezzo-soprano voice. A person having such a voice.
RILIEVO
See N,5
MEZZOTINTER
One who engraves in mezzotint.
CAVO-RILIEVO
Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
BASSO-RILIEVO; BASSO-RELIEVO
See BAS-RELIEF
INTERMEZZO
An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.
ALTO-RILIEVO
High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. Note: When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo- rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief;
DEMI-RILIEVO
Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness. A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.
PHOTOMEZZOTYPE
A photomechanical process similar to collotype.