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Chiaro-oscuro   Listen
noun
Chiaro-oscuro, Chiaroscuro  n.  
1.
The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
2.
The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.





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"Chiaro-oscuro" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the calling of a caricaturist; and the large etchings on steel, with which between '40 and '45 he illustrated Ainsworth's gory romances, indicated a power of grouping, a knowledge of composition, a familiarity with mediaeval costume, and a command over chiaroscuro, which astonished and delighted those who had been accustomed to regard him only as a funny fellow,—one of infinite whim, to be sure, but still a jester of jests, and nothing more. Unfortunately, or fortunately, as the case might be,—for the rumor ran that George intended to abandon ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 • Various


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