chiaroscuro
pronunciation
How to pronounce chiaroscuro in British English:
UK [kiˌɑ:rəˈskʊərəʊ]
How to pronounce chiaroscuro in American English:
US [kiˌɑrəˈskʊroʊ]
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- Noun:
- a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
Word Origin
- chiaroscuro (n.)
- 1680s, "disposition of light and dark in a picture," literally "bright-dark," from Italian chiaro "clear, bright" (from Latin clarus; see clear (adj.)) + oscuro (from Latin obscurus; see obscure (adj.)). Related: Chiaroscurist.
Example
- 1. Visual analysis : shape , proportion and chiaroscuro .
- 2. Caravaggio is famous for his use of chiaroscuro .
- 3. A detail of a rembrandt portrait illustrating the technique of chiaroscuro .
- 4. Things have been more diverse since , and our latest review of house prices is a picture with dramatic chiaroscuro .
- 5. I 'm a bit obsessed with romanticism , late 19th century symbolism and 17th century chiaroscuro school , with caravaggio or artemisia gentileschi .