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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley