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Chiaroscuro

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Ital. chiaro, light or brightness, and oscuro, darkness or shade), the disposition of light and shade in a painting; the term is applied to an early method of printing wood-engravings from several blocks, and also to a picture in black and white, or brown and white only.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chiaroscuro'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/chiaroscuro.html. 1910.
 
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