Chiaroscuro

Esquema

Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

Jerarquía

image-making processes and techniques > <perspective and shading techniques>

Descripción

The technique of contrasting light and dark within a picture, especially one in which the forms are largely determined, not by sharp outlines, but by the meeting of lighter and darker areas.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300053414

Otros términos

  • claire-obscur [nl]
  • claroscuro [es]
  • clairobscur [en]