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

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

The dramatic scenes are shot in chiaroscuro and in warm, expressive light so the character is always the focal point of lighting and photography.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2023

A vase of flowers divided into light and dark illustrates the chiaroscuro quality of human nature.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

What composers could impose instead of incremental change were more abrupt contrasts of loud and soft, like the juxtaposition of light and shade, chiaroscuro, in painting.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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 about 1726 Nicolas and Vincent Le Sueur in Paris produced some chiaroscuros, and a year later Jackson made his first example.

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

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 Kainen, Jacob

Only Abraham Bloemart’s prints in this style were convincing, although Kirkall’s chiaroscuros, in their soft, over-modeled way, had individuality.

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