Chiaroscuro

//ˌkjɑɹəˈsk(j)ʊɹoʊ//

Synonyms for "chiaroscuro" (31 found)

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Noun(1 words)
rembrandt lighting

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Translations

73 translations across 48 languages.

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Arabic

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  • اَلْجَلْاَء وَاَلْقُتْمَة noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Armenian

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  • լուսաստվեր noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Asturian

1 entries
  • clarescuru noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Basque

1 entries
  • argi-ilun noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • святлаце́нь noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Breton

3 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • sklaer-ha-teñval noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • sklêrijenn deñval noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • све́тлося́нка noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Catalan

1 entries
  • clarobscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 明暗對照法 /明暗对照法 noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Czech

1 entries
  • šerosvit noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Dutch

1 entries
  • clair-obscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • klarobskuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • klaroskuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Finnish

2 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • valohämy noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

French

1 entries
  • clair-obscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Friulian

1 entries
  • clâr e scûr noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Galician

1 entries
  • clarescuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შუქჩრდილი noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

German

3 entries
  • Chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • Clair-obscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • Helldunkelmalerei noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Greek

3 entries
  • κιαροσκούρο noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • σκιοφωτισμός noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • φωτοσκίαση noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קִיָארוֹסְקָוּרוֹ noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Ido

1 entries
  • klar-obskuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • clarobscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • clar·obscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Irish

2 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • gealdorcha noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Italian

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  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Japanese

3 entries
  • キアロスクーロ noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • 明暗法 noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • 陰影法 noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сәуле мен көлеңке noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Korean

2 entries
  • 명암법 noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • 키아로스쿠로 noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kiaroskuras noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • rohn û tarîtî noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • clair-obscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • kjellerlys noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Occitan

1 entries
  • clarescur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Persian

2 entries
  • سایهروشن noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • کیاروسکورو noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • ciàir-ëscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Polish

2 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • światłocień noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • chiaroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • claro-escuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • fuscalvo noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Romanian

2 entries
  • clar-obscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • clarobscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Russian

2 entries
  • кьяроску́ро noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • светоте́нь noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kjaroskuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • киароскуро noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Slovene

1 entries
  • chiaroscúro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Spanish

1 entries
  • claroscuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Swedish

3 entries
  • clairobscur noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • klärobskyr noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • ljusdunkel noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • klaroskuro noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Tajik

1 entries
  • рӯшноию тирагӣ noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சியாரோஸ்கியூரோ noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Thai

1 entries
  • ค่าต่างแสง noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Turkish

2 entries
  • aşık koyu noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)
  • ışık gölge noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýagtylyk-kölege noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • світлоті́нь noun (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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I really like the technique called chiaroscuro.

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It has been a very chiaroscuro day—lots of sunlight and shadow.

Source: wiktionary

It is cruder than the others, more graphic, less chiaroscuro.

Source: wiktionary

A somewhat " chiaroscuro " effect, which imparts a strong feeling of rotundity to the bronze helmet, is achieved by the artist's bold use of broad hatching along its upper contours.

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