Basso-relievo


bas-relief.
Historical Examples

Filippo next turned his attention to sculpture, and executed works in basso-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 basso-relievo of two enormous gridirons, in stone.
The Book of Curiosities I. Platts

No other of the capitals has at present any basso-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 basso-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 basso-relievo.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 487 Various

In these celebrated compositions he attempted the union of basso-relievo with the principles of painting.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848 Various

He was required to compose a basso-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 basso-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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