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Chiaroscuro

noun
/ˌkjɒɹəˈskuɹoʊ/
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounAn artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
2.nounA monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
3.nounThe use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
4.nounA photographic technique in which one side of, for example, a face is well lit and the other is in shadow.
5.adjectivePossessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.

Synonyms

Rembrandt lightingtenebrismatmospheric perspectivelightsfumatotonalismluminismlightscapehalationshadenightscapeillusionism
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