chiaroscuro

Speech parts

1. chiaroscuro - Noun

2. chiaroscuro - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

design contrast drawing diagram cartoon charcoal sheltered dim cloudy shaded draught shadowy shady indistinct delineation
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Antonyms

crystal clear light red lucid hot fair
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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

grisaille

Examples

Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. The masterpiece is of ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece. Kakuzo Okakura

George A. Romero, quoted in Royer, The Spectacle Of Isolation, p. 15. According to film historian Carl Royer, Romero "employs chiaroscuro ( film noir style) lighting to emphasize humanity's nightmare alienation from itself". Source: Internet

Caravaggio's application of the chiaroscuro technique shows through on the faces and armour notwithstanding the lack of a visible shaft of light. Source: Internet

Caravaggio and Rembrandt Van Rijn used browns to create chiaroscuro effects, where the subject appeared out of the darkness. Source: Internet

Unlike Giotto, however, Masaccio uses linear and atmospheric perspective, directional light, and chiaroscuro, which is the representation of form through light and color without outlines. Source: Internet

Nearly all his paintings were large, rapidly executed frescos, often in chiaroscuro or monochrome. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chiaro-oscuro chiaro-scuro chiaroscurist chiaroscuroed chiasm chiasma