clear-obscuren.

Etymology: Translation of Italian chiaroscuro or French clair-obscur; a good deal used towards the end of the 18th cent., but not now the usual term.

= chiaroscuro n. Also figurative.

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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

1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xliii. 443 Drawing and the clear-obscure were cultivated.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 333 The clear obscure of Rembrandt.

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (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.

1816 Ld. Byron Parisina i, in Siege of Corinth 63 In the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day.

1880 Daily News 30 Sept. 5/1 A doubtful light, a sort of clear-obscure..thrown on the subject of dress.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	clear-obscure
释义	clear-obscuren. Etymology: Translation of Italian chiaroscuro or French clair-obscur; a good deal used towards the end of the 18th cent., but not now the usual term. = chiaroscuro n. Also figurative. 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 1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xliii. 443 Drawing and the clear-obscure were cultivated. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 333 The clear obscure of Rembrandt. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (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. 1816 Ld. Byron Parisina i, in Siege of Corinth 63 In the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day. 1880 Daily News 30 Sept. 5/1 A doubtful light, a sort of clear-obscure..thrown on the subject of dress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1777
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