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    In art, chiaroscuro (English: /kiˌɑːrəˈsk(j)ʊəroʊ/ kee-AR-ə-SKOOR-oh, -⁠SKURE-, Italian: [ˌkjaroˈskuːro]; lit. 'light-dark') is the use of strong contrasts...
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  • Look up chiaroscuro or chiaroscurò in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiaroscuro, meaning "light-dark" in Italian, is the use of contrast between light...
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    Woodcut (redirect from Chiaroscuro woodcut)
    to achieve similar effects to chiaroscuro drawings. After some early experiments in book-printing, the true chiaroscuro woodcut conceived for two blocks...
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  • Chiaroscuro (Italian for "light-dark") is part of bel canto, an originally Italian classical singing technique in which a brilliant sound referred to...
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  • Chiaroscuro, in comics, may refer to: Chiaroscuro (2000 AD), a 2000 AD horror comic series. Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci, a 1995-1996/2005...
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    dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using especially pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and where darkness...
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  • Chiaroscuro (Portuguese: [kiaɾosˈkuɾu]) is the third album by singer Pitty. After 4 years without releasing a new album, Pitty launched Chiaroscuro on...
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    A light-and-shade watermark, is a watermark image produced in a chiaroscuro style. In a traditional watermark, an image is produced in paper fibers by...
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  • Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci is a Vertigo comic book limited series published from 1995 to 1996, which was repackaged in 2005 as...
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    available to Italian High Renaissance painters, along with sfumato, chiaroscuro and cangiante. Unione was developed by Raphael, who exemplified it in...
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  • Up". The New York Times. "Chiaroscuro, One-Act Play, Opens at Gate". The New York Times. June 6, 1963. "Roles for 'Chiaroscuro' Writer". The New York Times...
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  • Chiaroscuro is the second studio album by the Australian rock band Ocean Alley, released on 9 March 2018. The album entered the Australian ARIA Albums...
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    (1911) L'edera: dramma in tre atti (1912) Colombi e sparvieri (1912) Chiaroscuro (1912) Canne al vento (1913), Reeds in the Wind (1999 English translation...
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  • Chiaroscuro Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Hank O'Neal in 1970. The label's name comes from the art term for the use of light and...
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  • Chiaroscuro is a comic series developed by Canadian artist Troy Little between 2000 and 2005. Little began self-publishing in 2001 and after releasing...
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    released three studio albums and two EPs independently. Their second album Chiaroscuro debuted at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Their 2017 track "The Comedown"...
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    Caravaggio employed close physical observation with a dramatic use of chiaroscuro that came to be known as tenebrism. He made the technique a dominant...
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    1971) with Bobby Hackett With Buddy Tate Buddy Tate and His Buddies (Chiaroscuro, 1973) Unterbrink, Mary (1983). Jazz Women at the Keyboard. Jefferson...
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  • Chiaroscuro is an album by American guitarist Ralph Towner and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu recorded in October 2008 and released on ECM the following...
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    of the painting. Shadows add depth and perspective to a painting. See chiaroscuro for a discussion of the uses of such contrasts in visual media. Color...
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    Pluto (1588–89) with bident, chiaroscuro woodcut from a series on gods and goddesses by Hendrik Goltzius...
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  • Chiaroscuro was a horror series which appeared in the British weekly comic 2000 AD. It was written by Simon Spurrier with art by Cam Smith (also known...
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  • The Tale of Despereaux (/ˈdɛspəroʊ/, DES-per-oh) is a 2003 children's fantasy book by American writer Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures...
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  • February 2018 as the third single from the group's second studio album, Chiaroscuro (2018). The single was certified platinum in Australia in 2019. Upon...
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    the 16th century, this was the richest period in Italian art as the chiaroscuro techniques were used to create the illusion of 3-D space. Painters in...
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    absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight. Georges de La Tour was born in the town of...
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    available to Italian High Renaissance painters, along with sfumato, chiaroscuro and unione. The word itself is the present participle of the Italian...
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  • canvas of stationary objects, chiaroscuro is used in all types of art, even sculpture, frescoes, and woodcuts. Chiaroscuro is used to produce volume and...
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    Caraglio 1910) was an Italian painter of frescoes. He mastered as well, the chiaroscuro technique. His work can be found in many churches, palaces and public...
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  • 2084 2009 Cyminology As Ney ECM 2085 2009 Ralph Towner / Paolo Fresu Chiaroscuro ECM 2086 2008 Arve Henriksen Cartography ECM 2087 2010 Roscoe Mitchell...
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