chiaroscuro
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See also chiaroscurò
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Italian chiaro - light + scuro - dark
[edit] Noun
chiaroscuro (plural chiaroscuros)
- An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
- A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
- A photographic technique in which one side of a face (for example) is well lit and the other is in shadow; Rembrandt lighting
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artistic technique
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
chiaroscuro m. (plural chiaroscuri)
[edit] Verb
chiaroscuro
- first-person singular present indicative of chiaroscurare
