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Noun Concept
Categories: Composition in visual art, Articles with short description, Shadows, Italian words and phrases, Artistic techniques
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chiaroscuro  chairoscuro  Charoscuro  Chiaoscuro  chiar'oscuro
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A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color WordNet 3.0
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A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Chiaroscuro, in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. Wikipedia
Use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition in art Wikidata
The use of strong contrasts between light and dark, in art, to give a sensation of depth. OmegaWiki
An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume. Wiktionary
IS A
picture
painting technique
HAS KIND
grisaille
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
DIFFERENT FROM
camaïeu
USED BY
Caravaggio
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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chiaroscuro
Wikipedia
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chiaroscuro
Wikidata
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chiaroscuro
Wiktionary
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chiaroscuro
OmegaWiki
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chiaroscuro
Wikipedia Redirections
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chairoscuro, Charoscuro, Chiaoscuro, chiar'oscuro, Chiarascuro, Chiaro-Oscuro, chiaroscuro drawing, Chiarroscuro, Chiarroscurro, clair-obscur, Clair-obscure
Wikidata Alias
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clair-obscur, light-dark

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