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Chiaroscuro vs Chiaroscurist - What's the difference?

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Chiaroscuro is a related term of chiaroscurist.


As nouns the difference between chiaroscuro and chiaroscurist

is that chiaroscuro is (arts) an artistic technique developed during the renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume while chiaroscurist is a painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.

chiaroscuro

English

(wikipedia chiaroscuro)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (arts) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
  • (arts) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
  • (arts) The use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
  • (photography) A photographic technique in which one side of a face (for example) is well lit and the other is in shadow.

    • Synonyms

    * (photography) Rembrandt lighting

    See also

    * contrast ----

    chiaroscurist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.

    • Related terms

    *chiaroscuro