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Definition of Chiaroscurists
1. chiaroscurist [n] - See also: chiaroscurist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiaroscurists
Literary usage of Chiaroscurists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1906)
"Of the three advantages possessed by the colourists over the chiaroscurists, the
first is, that they have in the greater portions of their pictures absolute ..."
2. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1858)
"Of the three advantages possessed by the colorists over the chiaroscurists, the
first is, that they have in the greater portions of their pictures absolute ..."
3. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"With the colorists the shadows are right; the lights untrue: but with the
chiaroscurists lights and shadows are both untrue. The second advantage is, ..."
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