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Definition of Chiaroscuros
1. chiaroscuro [n] - See also: chiaroscuro
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiaroscuros
Literary usage of Chiaroscuros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Coloured Books by Martin Hardie (1906)
"In printing chiaroscuros the paper was probably damped, and subjected to ...
Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1658) executed a number of masterly chiaroscuros, ..."
2. Colour Printing and Colour Printers by R. M. Burch, William Gamble (1910)
"... borders to his prints, most of them being furnished with something of the
kind, generally printed from the tone blocks in the case of the chiaroscuros. ..."
3. New York: A Series of Wood Engravings in Colour and a Note on Colour by Walter Prichard Eaton, Grolier Club (1915)
"The brown colour, employed in some of the earliest German chiaroscuros and ...
Some small chiaroscuros of much charm were produced in the Netherlands in the ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"chiaroscuros are executed by means of two or more blocks, in imitation of a drawing
... Twelve chiaroscuros, chiefly from Italian masters, were published by ..."
5. Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History by Henri Delaborde, William Walker (1886)
"... the remainder from wood blocks), in order to give variety of colour to a set
of chiaroscuros and other engravings which he executed at that time. ..."
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