Basso-relievo
bas-relief.
historical examples
filippo next turned his attention to sculpture, and executed works in b-sso-relievo, which showed an extraordinary genius.
anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects and curiosities of art (vol. 3 of 3) s. spooner
directly over the door is a b-sso-relievo of two enormous gridirons, in stone.
the book of curiosities i. platts
no other of the capitals has at present any b-sso-relievo of this kind; but i suspect they have been chopped off.
account of a tour in normandy, vol. ii. (of 2) dawson turner
cibber carved a b-sso-relievo on one side, representing king charles in a roman costume, protecting the ruined city.
sir christopher wren lucy phillimore
the machines that were employed to raise it are represented upon it in b-sso-relievo.
the mirror of literature, amus-m-nt, and instruction, no. 487 various
in these celebrated compositions he attempted the union of b-sso-relievo with the principles of painting.
blackwood’s edinburgh magazine, volume 64, no. 398, december 1848 various
he was required to compose a b-sso-relievo for the duke’s private cabinet.
visits and sketches at home and abroad with tales and miscellanies now first collected anna jameson
the mask of an antique satyr, and the b-sso-relievo of the centaurs, undertaken at the suggestion of poliziano.
the life and writings of henry fuseli, volume iii (of 3) henry fuseli
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