Relievo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Relievo \Re*lie"vo\ (r?-l?"v?), n. [It. rilievo.]
     See {Relief}, n., 5.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  relievo
       n : sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to
           stand out from the surrounding background [syn: {relief},
            {rilievo}, {embossment}, {sculptural relief}]