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Chiaroscuro
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.