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Chiaroscuro

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Oil Painting - Advanced Techniques - Chiaroscuro : Selfportrait Demonstration

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Learn How Chiaroscuro Lighting Works. Lecture by Luis Borrero.

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Caravaggio Technique - Chiaroscuro

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CHIAROSCURO : How to Master Light & Dark

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The Power of Chiaroscuro | Art Terms | LittleArtTalks

Chiaroscuro, in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures. Similar effects in cinema and photography also are called chiaroscuro.