chiaroscuro

If you tried, you could even hum much of it, even though its rhythms and chiaroscuro sonic colors were at least as important to its appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Those who appreciate a little chiaroscuro interplay in their trashy TV ensembles might fall for this guy, if only for being a potent, balancing opposition to Rapaport’s windbaggery.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Like her day-to-day life, it is a work of chiaroscuro, a portrait of extremes: roses and guns.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

It’s a good thing that Jagannathan and Brown have training in the theater: They imbue Priya and Nic’s densely verbal jousts, dodges and truths with compelling chiaroscuro hues.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

He is trying to perfect his use of chiaroscuro, the interplay of light and dark, without regard to color.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Epic entertainment chiaroscuros are often dull and unrealistic, hence the push in recent decades to test and reshape our definition of virtue.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

Particularly influential were his use of live models, raking light effects and dramatic chiaroscuros, and a strong narrative drive.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2016

While technical procedures were identical in Italian and German chiaroscuros after pen drawings, the Italian work tended to be looser than the German, which was more careful and methodical.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

Even chiaroscuros, with their few sober tones, fell into this periphery.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

Pierre Gusman51 in 1916 probably first noted the technical distinction between Jackson’s work and earlier chiaroscuros.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen