| 单词 | light and shade |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight and shade a. Drawing and Painting. Absence of complete illumination as represented pictorially; the parts, or a particular part, of a picture which represent this; the darker colour expressing absence of illumination. Often in light and shade. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun] > shade shadow1486 dark1653 shade1662 obscure1814 penumbra1826 lowlights1842 cast shadow1849 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura i. 89 Perel has discovered a particular talent for Landskips, if not a little exceeded in the darknesse of his shades. 1710 C. Whitworth Acct. Russia (1758) 40 Miserable paintings without shade or perspective. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory iii. 86 Deliniate the Outlines or Capital Strokes, and where the Shades appear soft, work them. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 62 Streaks of Verde antico inlaid by way of shades. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints (1781) 158 The whole is in dark shade, except three figures on the fore-ground. 1779 Mirror No. 48. ⁋10 By the distribution of light and shade, to make every figure stand out from the canvas. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xii. 29 What master of the pencil or the style Had traced the shades and lines. 1840 G. C. Lewis tr. K. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece I. xi. §2 He contemplates it as the shade in a picture. 1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 112 A good contrast of light and shade. light and shade b. transferred and figurative. In various applications: those portions of a story, a literary work, or the like, which are designedly less brilliant in effect than others; the less praiseworthy features of a character, the sadder portions of a person's history, etc. light and shade: in a literary work, a musical performance, or the like, the contrast necessary to artistic effect, of passages of lighter and graver tone, or of greater and less brilliancy. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > vicissitude > vicissitudes light and shade1733 up and down1775 twists and turns1853 Snakes and Ladders1930 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety [phrase] > the two sides or one thing and its opposite chalk1393 cross and pilec1450 spring and fall1578 light and shade1733 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 111 The Lights and Shades, whose well-accorded Strife Gives all the Strength and Colour of our Life. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) ii. 80 The shades which were in his private conduct, are to be forgotten. 1818 T. Busby Gram. Music 480 The Voluntary, like the Organ Concerto, should have its lights and shades. 1913 N.E.D. at Shade Mod. (Conductor loq.) You must be careful of your light and shade in this passage. < as lemmas |
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