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chiaroscuro [Ital.,=light and dark], term once applied to an early method of printing woodcuts from several blocks and also to works in black and white or monotone. Today it is used loosely to refer to the distribution of light and dark in painting.

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chiaroscuro Term for the opposition of light and dark in painting and drawing. Caravaggio and Rembrandt were masters of the dramatic use of chiaroscuro.

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chiaroscuro †painting in light and shade; disposition of light and shade. XVII. — It., f. chiaro CLEAR + oscuro dark, OBSCURE.

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