chiaroscuro

Smith carefully arranged the chiaroscuro lighting that, with his dark printing, created one of the most reproduced photographs of the 20th century, elegant and deeply moving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A desire to reveal something just beneath the visible surface is manifest throughout, from the chiaroscuro studies of marble elevator banks to empty stairwells that spiral out of sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

Art and Archaeology is murkier and more velvety than last year, and filled with impasto and chiaroscuro.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

In this iconoclastic atmosphere Jackson’s almost forgotten chiaroscuros no longer appeared as failures of technique, for they had been so regarded by most earlier writers, but as deliberately novel efforts in an original style.

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

Between 1722 and 1724 Elisha Kirkall in London published twelve chiaroscuros after Italian masters.

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

This technical system was used for the Venetian chiaroscuros, the portrait of Algernon Sidney after Justus Verus, and others.

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