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Alto-relievo
Alto-relievo Al"to-re*lie"vo, n. Alto-rilievo.
Alto-rilievo
Alto-rilievo Al"to-ri*lie*vo, n.; pl. Alto-rilievos. [It.] (Sculp.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. Note: When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief.
Alto-rilievos
Alto-rilievo Al"to-ri*lie*vo, n.; pl. Alto-rilievos. [It.] (Sculp.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. Note: When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief.
Basso-relievo
Basso-rilievo Bas"so-ri*lie"vo, Basso-relievo Bas"so-re*lie"vo, n. [It. basso-rilievo.] Same as Bas-relief.
basso-rilievo
Bas-relief Bas`-re*lief", n. [F. bas-relief; bas law + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.
Basso-rilievo
Basso-rilievo Bas"so-ri*lie"vo, Basso-relievo Bas"so-re*lie"vo, n. [It. basso-rilievo.] Same as Bas-relief.
Cavo-relievo
Cavo-relievo Ca"vo-re*lie"vo, n. Cavo-rilievo.
Cavo-rilievo
Cavo-rilievo Ca"vo-ri*lie"vo, n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
Demirelievo
Demirelief Dem`i*re*lief", Demirelievo Dem`i*re*lie"vo, n. Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
Demi-rilievo
Demi-rilievo 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.
Mezzo-relievo
Mezzo-relievo Mez"zo-re*lie"vo, n. Mezzo-rilievo.
Mezzo-rilievo
Mezzo-rilievo Mez"zo-ri*lie"vo, n. [It.] (a) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. (b) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
Relievo
Relievo Re*lie"vo (r?-l?"v?), n. [It. rilievo.] See Relief, n., 5.
Rilievo
Rilievo Ri*lie"vo, n.[It. See Relief.] (Sculp. & Arch.) Same as Relief, n., 5.

Meaning of Lievo from wikipedia

- if he forges for her the sampo. Tradition knows a raven-like bird called lievo or vaaka bird, related to Sámi vuokko bird, a shaman's bird form. More common...