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clear-obscure
[Translation of It. chiaroscuro or F. clair-obscur; a good deal used towards the end of the 18th c., but not now the usual term.]
= chiaroscuro. Also fig.
1778Phil. Surv. S. Irel. 443 Drawing and the clear-obscure were cultivated. 1784J. Barry Lect. Art. v. (1848) 177 Neither does ‘the clear-obscure’ (which an ingenious writer has adopted) come fully to the desired point [understood by the Italian word chiaroscuro, and the French clair-obscur]; for the word ‘clear’ is..equivocal. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France II. 333 The clear obscure of Rembrandt. 1816Byron Parisina i, In the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day. 1880Daily News 30 Sept. 5/1 A doubtful light, a sort of clear-obscure..thrown on the subject of dress. |