These temples seem to rest upon a fantastic base in which are carved in alto rilievo all the gods of. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
For, as Flaxman remarks, the styles of different hands are sufficiently evident in the alto and basso rilievo. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The plates of embossed and chiseled bronze which encased the body of the chariot are figured with admirably-worked subjects in basso-rilievo, many of them relating to the "wondrous tale of Troy.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
From part of a baflb - rilievo in the Villa Borghefe. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems] Reference
This baflb-rilievo was found at Capua Vecchia, in the kingdom of Naples. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems] Reference
The figures on the funeral urn, in Mezzo-rilievo, are about two feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
From a fmall baffo-rilievo, in the polTeflion of the Earl of Chellerfield. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems, engraved by Nathaniel Marchant] Reference
This balfo-rilievo was found in a vineyard in the middle of Mount Aventine. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems, engraved by Nathaniel Marchant] Reference
"This basso-rilievo of a man --" personal meagreness is the first joke and the last. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
JOHN CAMPBELL, Efq. From a baflb-rilievo upon a fepulchral altar in the Mufeum Pio-Clementinum. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems, engraved by Nathaniel Marchant] Reference
Efq. From a bafTo-rilievo of great fimplicity and nature, as large as life, in the Mufeum Capitolinum. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems] Reference
Especially valuable is a sarcophagus with a representation in mezzo-rilievo of the tragedy of the daughters of Niobe. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
In 1233 Niccola was in Lucca; the alto-rilievo of the Deposition over the side door of the cathedral may be of this date. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
I think it was an eleemosynary smile, for my pleasantry seems to me a particularly basso rilievo, as I look upon it in cold blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet at the Breakfast-Table] Reference
I never before saw nearly so distinct a cloud-picture, or rather sculpture; for it came out in alto-rilievo on the body of the cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
A bronze demi-rilievo of Assyro-Phænician workmanship would also suggest that Dagon played a prominent part in the doctrines concerning death and future life. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
The Egyptians also were perfectly acquainted with working in cameo (anaglyph) and rilievo, as may be seen in the cavo rilievo of the finest of their hieroglyphs. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
From part of a bailb-rilievo that ftood in a fmall houfe, with the celebrated group of Dirce at the Farnefe Palace, lately removed to Naples; as is alfo the group of Dirce. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems] Reference
It is invisible from without: but you open a wooden gate, and quickly find yourself within a small quadrangle, having three of its sides covered with basso-rilievo figures in plaster. From Wordnik.com. [A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One] Reference
One of the soft, but unpleasant missiles just alluded to flew by the master's head one morning, and flattened itself against the wall, where it adhered in the form of a convex mass in alto rilievo. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Venner] Reference
Briefly, more than forty statues went to the whole work, not counting the subjects in mezzo rilievo to be cast in bronze, all appropriate in their stories and proclaiming the acts of this great Pontiff. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Angelo Buonarroti] Reference
2010 brunelleschi il rilievo lo studio l'organizzazione il lavoro imparare facendo ... learning by doing. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A long pilaster-like, or alto-rilievo column, of slender dimensions, running from bottom to top, with a sort of Roman capital. From Wordnik.com. [A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One] Reference
This baffo - rilievo was found at Tivoli. From Wordnik.com. [A catalogue of one hundred impressions from gems] Reference
Alto-rilievo, 281. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
Basso-rilievo, 281. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
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