Associations to the word «Chiaroscuro»

Wiktionary

CHIAROSCURO, noun. (arts) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
CHIAROSCURO, noun. (arts) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
CHIAROSCURO, noun. (arts) The use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
CHIAROSCURO, noun. (photography) A photographic technique in which one side of a face (for example) is well lit and the other is in shadow.

Dictionary definition

CHIAROSCURO, noun. A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery