Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 229
iceanand Borghesan vases, the finest known examples, are ornamentedwith mezzi-rilievi. The frieze encircling the choragic monument ofLysicrates is also in mezzo-rilievo. Mezzo-rilievo was also employed(as well as alto-rilievo, when in situations not exposed to accidents)to ornament tombs and… … BAS-RELIEF. himself; it was one uninterrupted series of bas-reliefs, which occu-pied the upper part of the Parthenon within the colonnade, andwhich was continued entirely around the building. By its positionit only obtained a secondary light. Being placed immediately belowthe soffit, it received…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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