mezzo-relievo
/met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-/US // ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- //UK // (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) //
Mezzo-Relievo-Relievo
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos [met-soh-ri-lee-vohz, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]. /ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊz, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-/.
- : sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
Examples
Before taking on the role, Racette talked it over with her wife, mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton.
Truth and sincerity staring out upon you perpetually in alto relievo.
The inner apartments are much the same as the portico, all covered with figures in basso relievo.
Why should not the child form a concept of forte and piano, and so get away from the deadly monotony of mezzo?
He married in 1863 the mezzo soprano singer, Amalie Weiss, who died in 1899.
The mezzo termine can only be maintained by armed force—in fact, by conquest!
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