demi-rilievo

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demi-rilievo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Demi-rilievo \Dem"i-ri*lie"vo\, n. [Pref. demi- + It. rilievo.]
     (Fine Arts)
     (a) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures
         project from the background by one half their full
         roundness.
     (b) A work of sculpture of the above character. See
         Alto-rilievo.
         [1913 Webster]