Both Uses
chiaroscuro
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
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- The Italians call this chiaroscuro.†
Chpt 23 *chiaroscuro = a painting technique that skillfully contrasts light and shadow
- We're each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real.†
Chpt 39
Definitions:
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(1)
(chiaroscuro) art: a painting technique that skillfully contrasts light and shadowRembrandt and Caravaggio are closely associated with the use of chiaroscuro.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)