chiaroscuro
Meaning of chiaroscuro
noun
- An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
- A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
- The use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
- 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
- Italian: chiaroscuro
- Spanish: claroscuro
Words that rhyme with chiaroscuro
Securo, Chamicuro, chiarooscuro
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