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Definition of Chiaroscurist
1. n. A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
Definition of Chiaroscurist
1. Noun. A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiaroscurist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiaroscurist
Literary usage of Chiaroscurist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1889)
"But, perfect as the silver stylus is in the hands of a form-draughtsman, it is
of no use to the colourist or the chiaroscurist. I mean that if the colourist ..."
2. Bibliography Bulletin by New York State Library (1899)
"... Correggio was a colorist and chiaroscurist of the highest order; ... in Italy
outside of Venice; as a chiaroscurist he was an Italian Rembrandt. ..."
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