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/kēˌärəˈsk(y)o͝orō/,/kēˌarə-/,
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chiaroscuros, plural;
  1. The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting

  2. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something
    • - the chiaroscuro of cobbled streets
  1. a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
  2. Chiaroscuro ("light-dark") in art is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. ...
  3. Chiaroscuro is a live album by British musician, songwriter and producer Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Bass Communion. The title track was recorded live in Antwerp in November 2008. ...
  4. Chiaroscuro, in comics, may refer to: * Chiaroscuro (2000 AD), a 2000 AD horror comic series. * '', a 1995-1996/2005 Vertigo comic book. * Chiaroscuro'' (IDW Publishing), a 2000-2005/2007 series by Canadian artist Troy Little.
  5. Chiaroscuro (lit. Italian for "light-dark") is part of bel canto classical singing technique, originating in Italy, in which a light "pretty" sound is coupled with the dark timbre produced in the singer's natural hollows and cavities. Chiaroscuro is commonly used in Opera. ...
  6. Street of Shadows is the second book in Michael Reaves' series Coruscant Nights. It is to be released on August 26, 2008. Before this final title, the book was to be called Chiaroscuro and then Sins of the Father.
  7. Chiaroscuro is the third album by singer Pitty. After 4 years without releasing a new album, Pitty launched 'Chiaroscuro on August 11, 2009.
  8. (gravure en camaieu, clair-obscur,  Helldunkelholzschnitt)  A type of woodcut, printed in color, and perfected in the early sixteenth century.  The positioning of two or more blocks or plates whereby effects of light and dark may be effected.
  9. light and shade effect. The way in which objects can be emphasized by patches of light, or obscured by shadow.
  10. An Italian term meaning light and dark.
  11. 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.
  12. The dramatic use of light and shadow to create a mood or a focal point in a painting.
  13. In painting, the modelling of form (the creation of a sense of three-dimensionality in objects) through the use of light and shade. ...
  14. (pronounced kyar-oh-scoor-oh) – Italian term for light and dark, referring to the modeling of form by the use of light and shade.
  15. 'Light in Darkness'. 1988. Fl, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, percussion. piano. Ms
  16. Italian for "clear-dark." Chiaroscuro is a painting technique in which the artist contrasts light and dark in order to create a sense of depth and volume. This use of intense shadowing also renders a painting more dramatic and suspenseful, as in Cole's The Course of Empire: Destruction (1836).
  17. from the Italian for “light and dark,” a term used to describe art that uses strongly contrasting lighted and shaded areas, particularly in suggesting the volumes of objects.
  18. (also here) – the interplay of light and shade in drawing and painting; a work stressing that interplay; fig. the like interplay of contrasting characters, moods, etc.
  19. The Italian term chiaroscuro is used to describe the compositional use of light and darks to create form and space within a picture without the use of color. Many paintings at the time of the Renaissance were first laid down in black & white to create the tonal structure of the image. ...
  20. 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. ...
  21. Italian for “lightdark”, chiaroscuro is defined as a bold contrast between both light and dark. A certain amount of chiaroscuro has the effect of light modeling in painting, where three-dimensional volume is suggested by highlights and shadow. ...
  22. noun - 1. the technique of using light and shade in pictorial representation 2. the arrangement of light and dark elements in a pictorial work of art 3. a) awoodcut technique in which several blocks are used to print different shades of a color b) a woodcut print made by this technique
  23. The use of rich tonal variation for artistic effect. Around the turn of the century the development of printing techniques went hand in hand with artistic ideals which emphasized tonality. ...
  24. The literal translation of this Italian term is light­dark but the term has come to mean the skilful exploitation of light and shadow within an oil painting. Rembrandt and Caravaggio are the artists particularly associated with the use of chiaroscuro.
  25. a Renaissance system for describing an emergence of form, relying on value changes from dark to light.