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Demi-rilievo

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Dem′i-ri-lie′vo

,

Noun.

[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

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