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/kɪˌɑːɹəˈskʊəɹəʊ/ · noun
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume..
It has been a very chiaroscuro day—lots of sunlight and shadow.
It is cruder than the others, more graphic, less chiaroscuro.
A somewhat " chiaroscuro " effect, which imparts a strong feeling of rotundity to the bronze helmet, is achieved by the artist's bold use of broad hatching along its upper contours.
'Rome's a very chiaroscuro city, I've always thought,' said Tom Richardson eventually, sensing that the lull in the conversation was going to be a protracted one.
I heard them discussing painting, and the two pictures Veronique had purchased from Allegra's sale: a haunting nude, very chiaroscuro, and another — more colorful and enigmatic — of a woman before a screen, holding an Oriental mask.
To minimize the problem, we used dark skies, very chiaroscuro lighting, and decided that the whole film would take place at night."
HP, however, preferred the more chiaroscuro quality of the original CD.
A very chiaroscuro sort of man he was, arm on balcony, staring down into the dusty street below.
Use chiaroscuro when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chiaroscuro means (painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume..
Common synonyms include Rembrandt lighting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It has been a very chiaroscuro day—lots of sunlight and shadow.
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