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What is a chiascuro?

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 ∙ 12y ago
Updated: 12/15/2022

Chiaroscuro, which literally translates from the Italian to "light dark" refers to a drawing or painting that that has I high tonal range ( goes from very light to very dark) see Leonrado's Virgin of the Rocks or - basically -anything by Caravaggio as an example

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What does chiascuro mean?

In Art chiascuro is strong contrasts between light and dark. the word itself comes from the Renaissance for 'drawing on colored paper'.

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