The cedar-wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage, open flowers, cherubims, and palm trees. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The relievo was his favourite performance, and very justly so. From Wordnik.com. [In the South Seas] Reference
The reredos contains two modern designs in alto-relievo. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
It is a very magnificent edifice, adorned on all sides with trophies and battles in basso relievo. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Babylonish bricks; the smaller figures are much destroyed, some completely; all are in alto-relievo. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
In one relievo a splendidly caparisoned state elephant flings its feet in imitation of the dancing girl near by. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
Majesty; and an alto-relievo representing an ascending spirit attended by a guardian angel with the inscription. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831] Reference
The allegorical figures are modeled and finely chased, and the (p. 422) portrait in the medallion is in alto relievo. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
The facing of the stories is adorned with hieroglyphics, in which serpents and crocodiles, carved in relievo, are discernible. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited] Reference
Letters from Rome speak in high terms of an alto relievo monument just modelled there by the German sculptor STEINHAUSER for a family in. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
All the canals have bridges at stated distances; these bridges are bordered with balustrades of white marble sculptured in basso-relievo. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
In the effeminate Antinous, an alto-relievo of whitest marble, we admire the prototype of that arrow-stricken youth, the comely St Sebastian. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
On the die of the pedestal which supports the hero's statue are figures in basso-relievo, representing the Frozen Ocean, the German Ocean, the. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
"Perhaps the only circumstance in which the modern have excelled the ancient sculptors, is the management of a single group in basso-relievo.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843] Reference
In a part of the wall still remaining there are fragments of excellent designs in basso-relievo, representing the combat of the Athenians with the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
They are decorated, as a rule, in alto relievo with figures of birds, snakes, etc., and to judge from their appearance are of Chinese workmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Corinthian columns support a flattened pediment, in the tympanum of which is to be a composition in basso-relievo, analogous to science and literature. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)] Reference
In the other relievo, which decorates the eastern side of the pedestal, reapers and other peasantry are conversing and reposing from the toils of the field. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
The tomb is of pure white marble, surmounted by a tablet of the same, which in alto relievo, represents a female figure ministering to a soldier, who lies upon a couch. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
Sculptures in alto-relievo that would stretch three miles 144. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions] Reference
The snow reprints it, as it were, in clear white type alto-relievo. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
It is beautifully executed in intaglio and relievo, with the surface polished. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
"I suppose in a minute you'll ask me to admit that prisoners'-base was relievo.". From Wordnik.com. [Penguin Persons & Peppermints] Reference
The composition of the relievo is said to have been borrowed, with alterations, from. From Wordnik.com. [Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London] Reference
In the centre pedestal is a man's head in alto-relievo, with Puritan collar and habit. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea The Fascination of London] Reference
Near to this is another stela of great beauty, engraved in low relief and cavo-relievo, coloured. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
In smell there is no notion of relievo, and odour seems to reside not in the object smelt, but in the organ. From Wordnik.com. [The World I Live In] Reference
On the key-stones of the nine arches are carved, in alto relievo, nine colossal masks, representing the Ocean, and the eight main. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
The little statue of St. William is an alto-relievo over the arched entrance, and has an escutcheon of arms on each side, all much defaced. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
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