Usually means: High relief, prominently raised sculpture.
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  1. alto-relievo: Merriam-Webster
  2. alto-relievo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alto-relievo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alto-relievo, alto-relievo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alto-relievo: Wordnik
  6. alto-relievo: Wiktionary
  7. alto-relievo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Alto-relievo, alto-relievo: Dictionary.com
  9. Alto-relievo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Alto-relievo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. alto-relievo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Alto-relievo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. alto-relievo: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. alto-relievo: FreeDictionary.org
  15. alto-relievo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. alto-relievo: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alto-relievo)

▸ noun:  (sculpture) A form of sculpture in which carved figures or other objects protrude from the background.

Similar:
high relief, alto-rilievo, bass-relief, epirelief, paleorelief, eccentric abstraction, anonymous sculpture, acrolith, auricular style, acropodium, more...

Opposite:
bas-relief, low relief, shallow relief

Types:
bas-relief, high relief, sunken relief, incised relief, counter-relief, more...

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Similar:
high relief, alto-rilievo, bass-relief, epirelief, paleorelief, eccentric abstraction, anonymous sculpture, acrolith, auricular style, acropodium, more...

Opposite:
bas-relief, low relief, shallow relief

Types:
bas-relief, high relief, sunken relief, incised relief, counter-relief, more...



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