chiaroscuron.

/ˌkjɑːrəʊˈskuːrəʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s chiar-oscuro, 1700s–1800s chiaro-oscuro. (Incorrectly 1600s–1800s chiaro-scuro, chiaro scuro.)

Etymology: Italian; < chiaro ( < Latin clārus) clear, bright + oscuro ( < Latin obscūrus) dark; thence French clair-obscur.

†1.

a. The style of pictorial art in which only the light and shade, and not the various colours, are represented; black-and-white, or dark brown and white. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun]

skiagraphy1598

chiaroscuro1686

repose1695

claro obscuro1706

clair-obscure1717

clear-obscure1777

lighting effect1867

tone-work1894

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > chiaroscuro

chiaroscuro1686

1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) Explan. Terms s.v. It is taken in two Senses..Painting in Chiaro-Scuro is meant, when there are only two Colours employed.

1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) 163 I have a Head of his in Chiaro Scuro.

1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 2 The Witnesses before stood in naked and unfinish'd Lines, in Chiar-oscuro, as the Italians call it.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. iv. 71 Two pictures in chiaro scuro.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 81 The paintings of Vandyke for the edifice of Inigo Jones exist only in a sketch in chiaro-scuro.

b. A sketch in black and white; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > chiaroscuro > work

chiaroscuro1740

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber i. 3 To print off this Chiaro Oscuro of my Mind.

a. The treatment or disposition of the light and shade, or brighter and darker masses, in a picture.

ΚΠ

1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) Explan. Terms Chiaro-Scuro..Secondly..is taken for the disposing of the Lights and Shadows Skilfully; as when we say, A Painter understands well the Chiaro-Scuro.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 159 His management of the chiaro oscuro, or light and shadow..is altogether wonderful.

a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 99 Chiaro scuro..includes not only light and shadow, as it affects each separate part, but the proper division and distribution of the whole surface of a picture into bright or dark masses, whether the darkness be produced by shadow, or by the proper colour of..the objects represented.

1871 Athenæum 27 May 661 Their colour is superb, their chiaroscuro masterly and subtle.

b. transferred. The effect of light and shade in nature, e.g. in a landscape.

ΚΠ

1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents i. 1 Hills, dusky in the after-sunset chiaroscuro of a fine summer evening.

3. figurative. Used of poetic or literary treatment, criticism, mental complexion, etc., in various obvious senses, as mingled ‘clearness and obscurity’, ‘cheerfulness and gloom’, ‘praise and blame,’ etc.

ΚΠ

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) xi. 54 The portentous massiness of the forms, the splendid chiaro-oscuro, and shadowy horror.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 67/1 Our Professor..involves himself, now more than ever, in eye-bewildering chiaroscuro.

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 164 I delight in the bright and the cheerful..Now, these new people have no notion of chiaroscuro. They are all oscuro.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 1 Writers..left to the chiaroscuro of the candid friend or the monochrome of undiscriminating reverence.

4. A method of producing wood-engravings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > technique

chiaroscuro1758

1758 Monthly Rev. 19 348 An improved method..of printing in chiaro oscuro.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Chiaro-oscuro, a system of printing by successive blocks of wood which carry respectively the outlines, lighter and darker shades, etc. Practised in Germany and Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

5. attributive.

a. literal.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in chiaroscuro

chiaroscuro1834

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxiv. 227 The shading of these chiar-oscuro pictures.

1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 158 The Greek or chiaroscuro school.

b. figurative. Partly revealed and partly veiled.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > partly

chiaroscuro1851

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > disclosed or revealed > partly

chiaroscuro1851

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 303 The singular chiaroscuro manner of procedure..which his anonymous..thunderings in the Times necessitated in him.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. vii. 117 Towards them he held only a chiaroscuro parentage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	chiaroscuro
释义	chiaroscuron. /ˌkjɑːrəʊˈskuːrəʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s chiar-oscuro, 1700s–1800s chiaro-oscuro. (Incorrectly 1600s–1800s chiaro-scuro, chiaro scuro.) Etymology: Italian; < chiaro ( < Latin clārus) clear, bright + oscuro ( < Latin obscūrus) dark; thence French clair-obscur. †1. a. The style of pictorial art in which only the light and shade, and not the various colours, are represented; black-and-white, or dark brown and white. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun] skiagraphy1598 chiaroscuro1686 repose1695 claro obscuro1706 clair-obscure1717 clear-obscure1777 lighting effect1867 tone-work1894 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > chiaroscuro chiaroscuro1686 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) Explan. Terms s.v. It is taken in two Senses..Painting in Chiaro-Scuro is meant, when there are only two Colours employed. 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) 163 I have a Head of his in Chiaro Scuro. 1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 2 The Witnesses before stood in naked and unfinish'd Lines, in Chiar-oscuro, as the Italians call it. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. iv. 71 Two pictures in chiaro scuro. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 81 The paintings of Vandyke for the edifice of Inigo Jones exist only in a sketch in chiaro-scuro. b. A sketch in black and white; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > chiaroscuro > work chiaroscuro1740 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber i. 3 To print off this Chiaro Oscuro of my Mind. 2. a. The treatment or disposition of the light and shade, or brighter and darker masses, in a picture. ΚΠ 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) Explan. Terms Chiaro-Scuro..Secondly..is taken for the disposing of the Lights and Shadows Skilfully; as when we say, A Painter understands well the Chiaro-Scuro. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 159 His management of the chiaro oscuro, or light and shadow..is altogether wonderful. a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 99 Chiaro scuro..includes not only light and shadow, as it affects each separate part, but the proper division and distribution of the whole surface of a picture into bright or dark masses, whether the darkness be produced by shadow, or by the proper colour of..the objects represented. 1871 Athenæum 27 May 661 Their colour is superb, their chiaroscuro masterly and subtle. b. transferred. The effect of light and shade in nature, e.g. in a landscape. ΚΠ 1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents i. 1 Hills, dusky in the after-sunset chiaroscuro of a fine summer evening. 3. figurative. Used of poetic or literary treatment, criticism, mental complexion, etc., in various obvious senses, as mingled ‘clearness and obscurity’, ‘cheerfulness and gloom’, ‘praise and blame,’ etc. ΚΠ 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) xi. 54 The portentous massiness of the forms, the splendid chiaro-oscuro, and shadowy horror. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 67/1 Our Professor..involves himself, now more than ever, in eye-bewildering chiaroscuro. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 164 I delight in the bright and the cheerful..Now, these new people have no notion of chiaroscuro. They are all oscuro. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 1 Writers..left to the chiaroscuro of the candid friend or the monochrome of undiscriminating reverence. 4. A method of producing wood-engravings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > technique chiaroscuro1758 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 348 An improved method..of printing in chiaro oscuro. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Chiaro-oscuro, a system of printing by successive blocks of wood which carry respectively the outlines, lighter and darker shades, etc. Practised in Germany and Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 5. attributive. a. literal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in chiaroscuro chiaroscuro1834 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxiv. 227 The shading of these chiar-oscuro pictures. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 158 The Greek or chiaroscuro school. b. figurative. Partly revealed and partly veiled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > partly chiaroscuro1851 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > disclosed or revealed > partly chiaroscuro1851 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 303 The singular chiaroscuro manner of procedure..which his anonymous..thunderings in the Times necessitated in him. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. vii. 117 Towards them he held only a chiaroscuro parentage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1686
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