Associations to the word «Chiaroscuro»
Noun
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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.