Look up: Chiaroscuro

1. chiaroscuro
   [n] - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
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2. Chiaroscuro
   The dramatic use of light and shadow to create a mood or a focal point in a painting.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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 o...
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6. chiaroscuro
   noun a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
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7. Chiaroscuro
   • (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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 V...
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11. 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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12. Chiaroscuro
    The diverse arrangement of light and dark during the composition of a film. `Chiaro' and `oscuro' are the Italian words for bright and dark, respectively. In film this technique is particularly important in composing expressionist films as well as films photographed in `black-and-white.` One of the ...
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13. Chiaroscuro
    In painting, chiaroscuro is the distribution of the lights and shadows in a picture. A composition, however perfect in other respects, becomes a picture only by means of the chiaroscuro, which gives faithfulness to the representation, and therefore is of the highest importance for the painter. The d...
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14. 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, transparent glass, shining metal, rich velvets, and glossy wood. Masters of chiaroscuro include Rembrandt, Le...
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15. 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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16. CHIAROSCURO
    Term is used to describe the effect of light and shade in a painting or drawing, especially where strong tonal contrasts are used.
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17. Chiaroscuro
    A word borrowed from Italian ("light" and "dark") referring to the modeling of volume and depth by depicting light and shade by contrasting them boldly
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18. chiaroscuro
    (in French: clair-obscur) A technique using the contrast between a painting's light and dark parts for dramatic effect. In addition, clair-obscur creates an illusion of depth in a flat canvas.
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19. chiaroscuro
    Italian for "light-dark." The gradations of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded, three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line. Highly developed by Renaissance painters.
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20. CHIAROSCURO
    Term is used to describe the effect of light and shade in a painting or drawing, especially where strong tonal contrasts are used.
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21. Chiaroscuro
    (disambiguation) `Chiaroscuro`, meaning "light-dark" in Italian, is the use of contrast between light and dark in art. Chiaroscuro may also refer to: ; In comics ; In music ; In games ; In fiction
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