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Demi-rilievo

Demi-rilievo \Dem"i-ri*lie"vo\, n. [Pref. demi- + It. rilievo.] (Fine Arts)

  1. Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

  2. A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.

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demi-rilievo

n. (context arts English) Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.