how to pronounce chiaroscuro
/kiˌɑː.ɹəˈskʊə.ɹəʊ/
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chiaroscuro is pronounced in five syllables
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meanings of chiaroscuro
noun:
- A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
- An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of volume.
- A photographic technique in which one side of, for example, a face is well lit and the other is in shadow.
- The use of blocks of wood of different colors in a woodcut.
adjective:
- Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.
chiaroscuro frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word chiaroscuro occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics chiaroscuro can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chiaroscuro can be often used in the following areas:
1) education, science, and technology;
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