chiaroscuro

Meaning of chiaroscuro

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

adjective

Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.

Information about chiaroscuro

  • The plural form of chiaroscuro is: chiaroscuros.
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Hyphenation of chiaroscuro

chiaroscuro

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 11 chars.
  • chiaroscuro is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of chiaroscuro

Words that rhyme with chiaroscuro

Securo, Chamicuro, chiarooscuro

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