Mezzo-relievo meaning

mĕt'sō-rĭ-lē'vō, -rēl-yā'vō, mĕd'zō-, mĕz'ō-
Sculpture in relief, in which the figures project halfway from the background.
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Alternative form of mezzo-rilievo.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Origin of mezzo-relievo

Italian mezzorilievo mezzo half (from Latin medius medium) rilievo relief relievo