Dictionary entry

Demi-rilievo

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.