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Chiaroscuro

noun
1.
A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.






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"Chiaroscuro" Quotes from Famous Books



... green having a soothing effect on the eye. The golden glow which doubtless once suffused the whole, has, alas! disappeared under cruel restorations, and flatness of tone has inevitably resulted, but we may still admire the play of light on horizontal surfaces, and the chiaroscuro giving solidity and ...
— Giorgione • Herbert Cook



Words linked to "Chiaroscuro" :   image, icon, grisaille, ikon, picture



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