Look up: Chiaroscuro

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   chiaroscuro
   [n] - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
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   Chiaroscuro
   The dramatic use of light and shadow to create a mood or a focal point in a painting.
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   chiaroscuro
   In painting and graphic art, the use of strong contrasts of light and shade for dramatic impact. This is made particularly effective where contrasting materials are represented, for example,...
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   Chiaroscuro
   Italian term used in that form in English. It translates as light-dark, and refers to the balance and pattern of light and shade in a painting or drawing. Chiaroscuro is generally only remarked upon when it is a particularly prominent feature of the work, usually when the artist is using extreme contrasts of light and shade.
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   Chiaroscuro
   Chia`ro·scu'ro Chi*a'ro-os*cu'ro noun [ Italian , clear dark.] (a) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color. (b) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Confer Clair-obscur .
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   chiaroscuro
   noun a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
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   Chiaroscuro
   [[Image:baglione.jpg|thumb|200px|Image:baglione.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Giovanni Baglione. `Sacred Love Versus Profane Love`. 1602-1603 Oil on canvas. 179 x 118 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin]] `Chiaroscuro` (Italian for `clear-dark`) is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition, but is also more technically used by artists and art historians for ...
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   Chiaroscuro
   • (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro
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   chiaroscuro
   technique employed in the visual arts to represent light and shadow as they define three-dimensional objects.[12 related articles]
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    Chiaroscuro
    1) The rendering of light and shade in painting; the subtle gradations and marked variations of light and shade for dramatic effect. 2) The style of painting light within deep shadows. Carrivagio and Rembrandt are considered masters of chiaroscuro.
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    Chiaroscuro
    In drawing, painting, and the graphic arts, the rendering of forms through a balanced contrast between light and dark areas. The technique which was introduced during the Renaissance, is effective in creating an illusion of depth and space around the principal figures in a composition. Leonardo Da Vinci and Rembrandt were painters who excelled in the use of this technique.
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    chiaroscuro
    chiaroscuro (kyärōskOO'rō) [Ital.,=light and dark], term once applied to an early method of printing woodcuts from several blocks and also to works in black and white or monotone. Today it is used loosely to refer to the distribution of light and dark in painting.
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