clair-obscuren.

/klɛːrəbˈskjʊə/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s clare-obscure, 1700s (French) clair-obscur.

Etymology: < French clair-obscur, translation of Italian chiaroscuro.

= chiaroscuro n.

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

1717 M. Prior Alma ii. 25 Masters in the clare-obscure.

1744 Crispe in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 494 The Clair-Obscur..in the other Pictures, is well understood.

1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 28 All those paintings..except some clair-obscures on out-walls.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxviii. 171 The colours..appear only as different gradations of clare-obscure.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 89 Abraham Pether..knew, however, little of clair-obscure.

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

单词	clair-obscure
释义	clair-obscuren. /klɛːrəbˈskjʊə/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s clare-obscure, 1700s (French) clair-obscur. Etymology: < French clair-obscur, translation of Italian chiaroscuro. = chiaroscuro n. 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 1717 M. Prior Alma ii. 25 Masters in the clare-obscure. 1744 Crispe in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 494 The Clair-Obscur..in the other Pictures, is well understood. 1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 28 All those paintings..except some clair-obscures on out-walls. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxviii. 171 The colours..appear only as different gradations of clare-obscure. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 89 Abraham Pether..knew, however, little of clair-obscure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1717
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