Chiaroscuro 

Italian for light and dark dramatic use of contrasts of light and shade.

That painting has great use of chiaroscuro.

Chiaroscuro by Artistic_person August 13, 2005

chiaroscuro 

1 the french word for contrast
2 the rat from The Tale Of Despereaux
3 the name of my guinea pig

chiaroscuro really likes the light, but was born and raised in the dark, so he became a troubled rat

chiaroscuro by aesrdtxfycujkihrtwegfe August 5, 2010

chiaroscuro 

I'm the only person smart enough to know what this means... anyway it means the contrast of light and dark.

Chiaroscuro. How the hell do you make an example?

chiaroscuro by Adrian July 5, 2005

chiaroscurist

An artist who specializes in using stark contrast between light and dark to create volume and depth.

that one obscure Chiaroscurist complaining to no one in particular: "No one knows what I do....how could they ever. It's art."

chiaroscurist by ~Thorn~ October 2, 2026