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chiaroscuro

[kee-ahr-uh-skyoor-oh] / kiˌɑr əˈskyʊər oʊ /


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The Chiaroscuro Foundation, with Fieler as its chairman and main backer, provided $1.79m to the developers of the Femm app over the last three years, according to IRS statements.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2019

Chiaroscuro of another variety is on offer in the Domus Aurea, the timeworn, underground shell of Nero’s vast and sprawling mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2018

For hi-res files, "Take Two" can be found at www.classicsonlinehd.com, and "Chiaroscuro" at www.hdtracks.com.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2015

Chiaroscuro was the word Marios Schwab used to explain his shady layers that were visually lovely and also an expression of a powerful modern attitude towards women.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2011

Reader, this is important: The rat called Chiaroscuro did not look away He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo




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