Giovanni Baglione. Sacred Love Versus Profane Love. 1602-1603 Oil on canvas. 179 x 118 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Chiaroscuro (Italian for clear-dark) is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition, but is also more technically used by artists and art historians for the use of effects representing contrasts of light, not necessarily strong, to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects such as the human body. Further specialised uses of the term are "chiaroscuro woodcut", used for coloured woodcuts printed with different blocks, each using a different coloured ink, and "chiaroscuro drawing" used for drawings on coloured paper with drawing in a dark medium and white highlighting. The term is now also used in describing similar effects in the lighting of cinema and photography. Look up chiaroscuro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Baglione. ... Image File history File links Baglione. ... Sacred Love Versus Profane Love (1602-1603). ... This page is about the year. ... Year 1603 (MDCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Gemäldegalerie is one of the worlds leading collections of European art from the 13th to 18th century. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Left side of the image has low contrast, the right has higher contrast. ... For other uses, see Light (disambiguation). ... Darkness is the absence of light. ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ...

Origin in the chiaroscuro drawing

The term originated as a name for a type of Renaissance drawing on coloured paper, where the artist worked from this base tone towards light, with white gouache, and dark, with ink, bodycolour or watercolour.^[1].^[2] These in turn drew on traditions in illuminated manuscripts, going back to late Roman Imperial manuscripts on purple-dyed vellum. Chiaroscuro woodcuts began as imitations of this technique.^[3] When discussing Italian art, the term is sometimes used to mean painted images in monochrome or two colours, more generally known in English by the French equivalent, grisaille. The term early broadened in meaning to cover all strong contrasts in illumination between light and dark areas in art, which is now the primary meaning. Corridor in the Asylum, black chalk and gouache on pink paper by Van Gogh Gouache (from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash) or Bodycolour (or Bodycolor, the terms preferred by Art historians) is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. ... Corridor in the Asylum, black chalk and gouache on pink paper by Van Gogh Gouache (from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash) or bodycolor (the term preferred by art historians) is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ... Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for calfskin[1]) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. ... The Baptism of Christ, one of Andrea del Sartos gray monochrome frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo, Florence (1511-26). ... The illumination of the subject of a drawing or painting is a key element in creating an artistic piece, and the interplay of light and shadow is a valuable method in the artists toolbox. ...

Chiaroscuro modelling

"La Fornarina" by Raphael, shows delicate modelling chiaroscuro in the body of the model, for example in the shoulder and arm on the right.

The more technical use of the term chiaroscuro is the effect of light modelling in painting, drawing or printmaking, where three-dimensional volume is suggested by highlights and shadow - often called "shading". These effects were developed in the Middle Ages and were standard by the early fifteenth-century in painting and manuscript illumination in Italy and Flanders, and then spread to all Western art. The Raphael painting illustrated, with light coming from the left, demonstrates both delicate modelling chiaroscuro to give volume to the body of the model, and also strong chiaroscuro in the more common sense in the contrast between the well-lit model and the very dark background of foliage. However, to further complicate matters, the compositional chiaroscuro of the contrast between model and background would probably not be described using this term, as the two elements are almost completely separated. The term is mostly used to describe compositions where at least some principal elements of the main composition show the transition between light and dark, as in the Baglioni and Geertgen tot Sint Jans paintings illustrated above and below. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2953, 250 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Raphael ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2953, 250 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Raphael ... This article is about the Renaissance artist. ... For other uses , see Painting (disambiguation). ... For scale drawings or plans, see Plans (drawings). ... Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. ... An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript, often of a religious nature, in which the text is supplemented by the addition of colourful ornamentation, such as decorated initials, borders and the like. ...

Chiaroscuro modelling is now taken for granted, but had some opponents; the English portrait miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard cautioned in his treatise on painting against all but the minimal use we see in his works, reflecting the views of his patron Queen Elizabeth I of England:"seeing that best to show oneself needeth no shadow of place but rather the open light...Her Majesty..chose her place to sit for that purpose in the open alley of a goodly garden, where no tree was near, nor any shadow at all..."^[4] A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache or watercolor. ... Self-portrait, 1577. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ...

In drawings and prints hatching, or shading by parallel lines, is often used to achieve modelling chiaroscuro. Washes, stipple or dotting effects, and "surface tone" in printmaking are other techniques. For the crosshatch symbol, see Number sign. ... An example of stippling in a biological illustration. ...

Chiaroscuro woodcuts

Chiaroscuro woodcut of Playing cupids. Anon. 16th century Italian artist.

Chiaroscuro woodcuts do not necessarily feature strong contrasts of light and dark, but are old master prints in woodcut using two or more blocks printed in different colours. They were first invented by Hans Burgkmair in Germany in 1508, and first made in Italy by Ugo da Carpi a few years later.[4] Other printmakers to use the technique include Cranach , Hans Baldung Grien and Parmigianino. In Germany the technique was only in use for a few years, but Italians continued to use it throughout the sixteenth century, and later artists like Goltzius sometimes made use of it. In the German style, one block usually had only lines and is called the "line block", whilst the other block or blocks had flat areas of colour and are called "tone blocks". The Italians usually used only tone blocks, for a very different effect, much closer to the drawings the term was originally used for, or watercolours.^[5] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 313 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 313 pixel, file size: 51 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author Italienisch, 16. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 313 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 313 pixel, file size: 51 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author Italienisch, 16. ... It has been suggested that Cupid (holiday character) be merged into this article or section. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer Ukiyo-e woodcut, Ishiyama Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1889) Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface... The term Old Master Print is used to describe works of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition (European or New World). ... Altarpiece by Burgkmair. ... Ugo da Carpi (c. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586) This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Three Ages of the Woman and the Death 1510 Oil on limewood,48 x 32,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Hans Baldung or Hans Baldung Grien/Grün (c. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Icarus by Goltzius Hendrik Goltzius (1558 - January 1, 1617), Dutch printmaker, draftsman and painter, was born at Millebrecht, in the duchy of Julich. ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ...

Compositional chiaroscuro to Caravaggio

Nativity by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490, after a composition by Hugo van der Goes of c. 1470. Sources of light are the infant Jesus, the shepherds' fire on the hill behind, and the angel who appears to them.

Manuscript illumination was, as in many areas, especially experimental in attempting ambitious lighting effects, as the results were not for public display. The development of compositional chiaroscuro received a considerable impetus in Northern Europe from the vision of the Nativity of Jesus of Saint Bridget of Sweden, a very popular mystic. She described the infant Jesus as emitting light himself; depictions increasingly reduced other light sources in the scene to emphasize this effect, and the Nativity remained very commonly treated with chiaroscuro through to the Baroque. Hugo van der Goes and his followers painted many scenes lit only by candle, or the divine light from the infant Christ. As with some later painters, in their hands the effect was of stillness and calm rather than the drama of the Baroque. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 454 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,024 × 2,671 pixels, file size: 406 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 454 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,024 × 2,671 pixels, file size: 406 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... John the Baptist in the Wilderness by Geertgen tot Sint Jans Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c 1460 in Leyden, Netherlands – c 1490 in Haarlem, Netherlands, sometimes known as Gerrit Gerritsz), was a 15th century Dutch painter active in Haarlem. ... Hugo van der Goes (c. ... The Nativity by Caravaggio, 1609. ... Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. ... Hugo van der Goes (c. ...

Strong chiaroscuro became a popular effect during the sixteenth century, in Mannerism and in Baroque art. Divine light continued to illuminate, often rather inadequately, the compositions of Tintoretto, Veronese and their many followers. Dark subjects dramatically lit by a shaft of light from a single constricted and often unseen source was a compositional device developed by Ugo da Carpi (c. 1455-c. 1523), Giovanni Baglione (1566-1643) and Caravaggio (1573-1610), the last of whom was crucial in developing the style of tenebrism, where dramatic chiaroscuro becomes a dominant stylistic device. In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin; September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. ... Veronese means either of the following things: the painter Paolo Veronese someone or something from Verona, Italy. ... Ugo da Carpi (c. ... Sacred Love Versus Profane Love (1602-1603). ... For other uses, see Caravaggio (disambiguation). ... From the Italian tenebroso (murky), tenebrism is a style of painting using violent contrasts of light and dark, as in the work of Caravaggio. ...

17th and 18th centuries

Tenebrism was especially practiced in Spain and the Spanish-ruled Kingdom of Naples, by Jusepe de Ribera and his followers. Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610), a German artist living in Rome, produced several night scenes lit mainly by fire, and sometimes moonlight. Unlike Caravaggio, his dark areas contain very subtle detail and interest. Scenes partly lit by candlelight, probably influenced by both Caravaggio and Elsheimer, were a speciality of the Utrecht School, also known as the Dutch Caravaggisti. Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near Valencia, Spain at Xátiva, now... Adam Elsheimer (b. ... Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan by Dirck van Baburen (1623) Oil on canvas, 202 x 184 cm. ...

The Matchmaker by Gerrit van Honthorst.

Later artists who specialized in strong but graduated chiaroscuro from candlelight included Georges de La Tour and Trophime Bigot in France, and Joseph Wright of Derby in England. Many 17th century Dutch artists, including Gerrit Dou, Gottfried Schalken and in particular Rembrandt, were interested in effects of darkness, but usually without sharp contrasts of light and dark in the Italian way. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione also explored such effects, especially in his prints, leading him to invent the monotype. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x678, 153 KB) The Matchmaker 1625 Oil on canvas, 71 cm x 104 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): List of Dutch... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x678, 153 KB) The Matchmaker 1625 Oil on canvas, 71 cm x 104 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): List of Dutch... Gerhard van Honthorst (1590 - 1656), also known as Gherardo della Notte, was a Dutch painter of Utrecht. ... St Joseph, 1642, Louvre Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593–1652) was a painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France. ... An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump (1768). ... Gerhard Douw (spelling variants Gerard, Gerrit, Dou, Dow) (April 7, 1613–February 9, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ... Godfried Schalcken: Two men examining a painting by candlelight Godfried Schalcken or Gottfried Schalken (1643, Made - November 16, 1706, The Hague), was a Dutch genre and portrait painter. ... This article is about the Dutch artist. ... Painting by Castiglione Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (c. ... The term Old Master Print is used to describe works of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition (European or New World). ... Monotyping (not to be confused with monoprinting) is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. ...

Watteau used a gentle chiaroscuro in the leafy backgrounds of his fêtes galantes, and this was continued in pictures by many French artists, notably Fragonard). At the end of the century Fuseli and others used a heavier chiaroscuro for romantic effect, as did Delacroix and others in the nineteenth century. Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721) was a French painter. ... Fête Galante is a French term referring to some of the celebrated pursuits of the idle, rich aristocrats in the 18th century -- from 1715 until the 1770s. ... Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter. ... Henry Fuseli (in German Johann Heinrich Füssli) (February 7, 1741 - April 16, 1825) was a British painter and writer on art, of German-Swiss family. ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period. ...

Usage of the term

Joseph Wright of Derby painted several large groups with strong chiaroscuro, like The Orrery

The French use of the term, clair-obscur, was introduced by the seventeenth century art-critic Roger de Piles in the course of a famous argument on the relative merits of drawing and color in painting (Débat sur le coloris). In English the Italian term has been used since at least the late 17th century. The term is less often used of art after the late nineteenth century, although the Expressionist and other modern movements make great use of the effect. Especially since the strong 20th century rise in the reputation of Caravaggio, in non-specialist use the term is mainly used for strong chiaroscuro effects such as his, or Rembrandt's. As the Tate puts it: "Chiaroscuro is generally only remarked upon when it is a particularly prominent feature of the work, usually when the artist is using extreme contrasts of light and shade." ^[6] Photography and cinema have also adopted the term. Image File history File links Wright_of_Derby,_The_Orrery. ... Image File history File links Wright_of_Derby,_The_Orrery. ... An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump (1768). ... Roger de Piles (Clamecy, October 7, 1635 - Paris, April 5, 1709 ) was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... This article is about the UK art galleries. ...

Classical voice instructors describe the optimal balance of clearness and darkness in the singing voice tone as chiaroscuro: a combination of brightness and "ping" (brilliance and resonance) with warmth and depth.

Cinema and photography

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Nikolai Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible in Sergei Eisenstein's film of the same name

Chiaroscuro is also used in cinematography to indicate extreme low-key lighting to create distinct areas of light and darkness in films, especially in black and white films. Classic examples are The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) and the black and white scenes in Tarkovsky's - Stalker (1979). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x700, 53 KB)Nikolai Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible in Sergei Eisensteins movie. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x700, 53 KB)Nikolai Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible in Sergei Eisensteins movie. ... Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible in Eisensteins film. ... Tsar Ivan the Terrible, by Viktor Vasnetsov Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: ) (August 25, 1530, Moscow â€“ March 18, 1584, Moscow) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and Czar of Russia from 1547 until his death. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (original French title, Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. ... Daniel argues while the Devil whispers in the judges ear. ... Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский) (April 4, 1932 - December 28, 1986) was a Russian movie director, writer, and actor. ... Stalker (Russian: Сталкер) is a 1979 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. ...

However, possibly the best-known example of chiaroscuro in modern filmmaking is the Italian film Nuovo cinema Paradiso, or Cinema Paradiso. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Categories: Stub | 1989 films | Italian films ...

Frank Miller's Sin City is an example of this style in both the graphic novel and the subsequent film, as is the David Lloyd/Alan Moore book V for Vendetta and Mike Mignola's Hellboy. Cover of Sin City shows Marv walking through the rain. ... Cover art for the collected edition of V for Vendetta by David Lloyd David Lloyd (born 1950) is a British comics artist best known as the illustrator of the graphic novel V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore. ... For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ... This article is about the comic book series. ... Mike Mignola (born in Berkeley, California on September 16, 1960) is a American comic book artist and writer. ... Hellboy is a fictional Dark Horse Comics character created by Mike Mignola. ...

In photography, chiaroscuro is often effected with the use of "Rembrandt lighting". In more highly-developed photographic processes, this technique may also be termed "ambient/natural lighting," although when done so for the effect, the look is artificial and not generally documentary in nature. Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

W. Eugene Smith, Josef Koudelka, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand and Lothar Wolleh. Annie Leibovitz, Floria Sigismondi and Ralph Gibson may be considered some of the modern masters of chiaroscuro in documentary photography. Cover of W. Eugene Smiths William Eugene Smith (1918-1978) was an American photojournalist known for his refusal to compromise professional standards and his brutally vivid World War II photographs. ... Josef Koudelka (b. ... Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. ... Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) was born in New York City. ... Self-portrait in front of the St. ... This article is about the American photographer. ... Floria Sigismondi (born 1965 in Pescara, Italy) is a photographer and director. ... Ralph Gibson (born January 16th, 1939, Los Angeles, California) is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. ...

In filmmaking, Rembrandt Lighting is characterized by such films as Warren Beatty's Reds, Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, and in the documentary landscape by many of Errol Morris's films, such as, The Thin Blue Line and Gates of Heaven, films that employ extensive naturalized lighting. Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Reds is a 1981 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director. ... Traffic is an award-winning 2000 crime/drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... Errol Morris Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. ... The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 documentary film concerning the murder of a Texas police officer who had stopped a car for a routine traffic citation. ... Gates of Heaven is a documentary film by Errol Morris about the pet cemetery business. ...

Still from Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, shot just by candlelight.

Possibly the most direct personification of the intent of chiaroscuro in filmmaking, though, would perhaps be Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, in which the principal photography was shot primarily with a modified Hasselblad lens manufactured for the rigors of space photography. When informed that no lens currently had a wide enough aperture to shoot a costume drama set in grand palaces using only candle-light, Kubrick bought and retrofitted a special lens for these purposes. The naturally unaugmented lighting situations in the film exemplified low-key, natural lighting in filmwork at its most extreme outside of the Eastern European/Soviet filmmaking tradition (itself exemplified by the harsh low-key lighting style employed by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein). Image File history File links Barry12. ... Image File history File links Barry12. ... Kubrick redirects here. ... Barry Lyndon (1975) is an award-winning period film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray. ... Kubrick redirects here. ... Barry Lyndon (1975) is an award-winning period film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray. ... This article is about Victor Hasselblad AB, the Swedish company. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ...

Sven Nykvist, the longtime collaborator of Ingmar Bergman, also informed much of his photography with chiaroscuro realism, as well as Gregg Toland, who influenced such cinematographer's as László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Vittorio Storaro with his use of deep and selective focus augmented with strong horizon-level key lighting penetrating through windows and doorways. Much of the celebrated film noir tradition relies on techniques Toland perfected in the early thirties that are related to, but not are directly, chiaroscuro (high-key lighting, stage lighting, frontal lighting, and other effects are interspersed in ways that diminish the chiaroscuro claim). Sven Nykvist (born 3 December 1922 in Moheda, Kronobergs län, Sweden) is a Swedish cinematographer known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. ...   (IPA: in Swedish; usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... Gregg Toland (1904-1948) was an influential American cinematographer, most noted for his work on Orson Welles Citizen Kane. ... This article is about the cinematographer. ... Vilmos Zsigmond (born June 16, 1930) is a Hungarian-American cinematographer. ... Vittorio Storaro (born 24 June 1940 in Rome, Italy) is a Italian cinematographer. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ...

With the recent advent of high-speed filmmaking, Barry Lyndon has not stood long as the lone example of unaugmented cinematic chiaroscuro realism. Darius Khondji (Se7en), Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan), Wally Pfister, and Harris Savides carry on the technique using film that, in some instances, is up to 20x faster than the film Kubrick shot Barry Lyndon on. Darius Khondji (21 October 1955 in Tehran, Iran) is the famous Iranian cinematographer. ... For the singer, see Se7en (singer). ... Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (born June 27, 1959) is an Oscar winning cinematographer and film director who has photographed all of Steven Spielbergs movies since 1993s Schindlers List. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ... Wally Pfister is an American cinematographer who is best known for his nomination for Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2005 for Batman Begins. ... Harris Savides (born September 28, 1957) is a contemporary American cinematographer. ...

References

1. ^ [1] Harvard Art Museum glossary (accessed 30 August 2007). See also Metropolitan external link
2. ^ Example from the Metropolitan [2]
3. ^ David Landau & Peter Parshall, The Renaissance Print, pp.180-84; Yale, 1996, ISBN 0300068832 - discusses these at length. Also see Metropolitan external link.
4. ^ Quotation from Hilliard's Art of Limming, c. 1600, in Nicholas Hilliard, Roy Strong, 1975, p.24, Michael Joseph Ltd, London, ISBN 0718113012
5. ^ For the whole subject, see David Landau & Peter Parshall, The Renaissance Print, pp. 179-202; 273-81 & passim;Yale, 1996, ISBN 0300068832
6. ^ Tate Glossary [3] retrieved 30 Aug 2007

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See also

• Sfumato

Detail of the face of Mona Lisa showing the use of sfumato, particularly in the shading around the eyes. ...

External links

• Chiaroscuro Woodcut from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History
• (Modelling) chiaroscuro from Evansville University
• Tate, London glossary
• Suzanne Buchan article Animated Chiaroscuro, mostly on photograhic and cinematic chiaroscuro

Gallery

Chiaroscuro in modelling; Paintings

Fra Angelico in about 1450 already uses chiaroscuro modelling in all elements of the painting. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2099, 374 KB) Description: Title: de: Bildzyklus zu Szenen aus dem Leben Christi für einen Schrank zur Aufbewahrung von Silbergeschirr, Szene: Flucht nach Ägypten Technique: de: Tempera auf Holz Dimensions: de: je 38,5 × 37 cm Country of origin: de... The Maestà (Madonna enthroned) with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Saint Mark and Saint John, Saint Lawrence and three Dominicans, Saint Dominic, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Peter Martyr; San Marco, Florence. ...

Saint Sebastian by Botticelli, 1474. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 229 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,256 × 3,289 pixels, file size: 382 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Sebastian redirects here. ... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (Florence March 1, 1445 - May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ...

Velasquez uses subtle highlights and shading on the face and clothes. Download high resolution version (858x991, 132 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Las Meninas, painted in 1656. ...

Vermeer's use of light to model throughout his compositions is exceptionally complex and delicate. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ...

Chiaroscuro in modelling; Prints and drawings

delicate engraved lines of hatching and cross-hatching, not all distinguishable in reproduction, are used to model the faces and clothes in this late 15th century engraving Image File history File linksMetadata Meckenem. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ...

Another 15th century engraving showing highlights and shading, all in lines in the original, used to depict volume. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 416 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (500 × 720 pixels, file size: 148 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ...

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Another study by Leonardo, where the linear make-up of the shading is easily seen in reproduction. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 512 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (700 × 820 pixels, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Study for the Kneeling Leda (c. ...

Chiaroscuro as a major element in composition

Lorenzo Lotto Image File history File links Size of this preview: 494 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,024 × 2,455 pixels, file size: 232 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Lorenzo Lotto (c. ...	Allegory, Boy Lighting Candle in Company of Ape and Fool by El Greco Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1125x850, 68 KB) El Greco: Allegory, Boy Lighting Candle in Company of Ape and Fool - Fábula (1589-92, Oil on canvas, 67,3 x 88,6 cm) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file... El Greco (The Greek, 1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. ...	Annunciation by Domenico Beccafumi Image File history File links Size of this preview: 577 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,024 × 2,103 pixels, file size: 196 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... For other uses, see Annunciation (disambiguation). ... Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486 - 1551), Italian painter, of the school of Siena. ...	Crucifixion of Peter by Caravaggio Image File history File links Download high resolution version (618x800, 120 KB) Summary Michelangelo Merisi, aka Caravaggio: , Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. ... For other uses, see Caravaggio (disambiguation). ...
The Flight to Egypt by Adam Elsheimer Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 594 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,024 × 1,504 pixels, file size: 145 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Adam Elsheimer (b. ...	Landscape chiaroscuro, Jan Both Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jan Dirksz Both (1609/10/15/18, Utrecht - 1652, Utrecht), brother of Andries Both, was a Dutch painter Italian Landscape with Draughtsman, 1650, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam From 1634 to 1637 he was taught by Bloemaert and the painter Gerard van Honthorst before travelling to Rome ca. ...	Nativity by Gerard van Honthorst Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1576x1873, 220 KB) Description: Title: de: Anbetung der Hirten Technique: de: Leinwand Dimensions: Country of origin: de: Niederlande (Holland) Current location (city): de: Nantes Current location (gallery): de: Musée des Beaux-Arts Other notes: de: Utrechter Caravaggisten Source: The Yorck... Gerard van Honthorst (1590 - 1656), also known as Gherardo della Notte, was a Dutch painter of Utrecht. ...	Mary Magdalene, by Georges de La Tour Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x2821, 280 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chiaroscuro ... St Joseph, 1642, Louvre Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593–1652) was a painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France. ...
St. Peter in prison by Rembrandt Image File history File links Rembrandt_st. ... This article is about the Dutch artist. ...	The Proposition by Judith Leyster Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x770, 23 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chiaroscuro ... Judith Leyster (1609–1660) was a female Dutch artist, who painted in a variety of genres, including genre subjects, portraits and even still lives. ...	Antoine Watteau - La Partie carrée Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721) was a French Rococo painter. ...	Fragonard, The Lock, 1780 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 774 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,176 × 2,462 pixels, file size: 248 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter. ...
Goya, Christ on the Mount of Olives Image File history File links Size of this preview: 451 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (780 × 1,036 pixels, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Goya, Christ on the Mount of Olives 1819 Oil on panel, 47 x 35 cm Escuelas Pías de San Antón, Madrid Faithful reproductions... This article is about Francisco Goya, a Spanish painter. ...

Chiaroscuro faces

Saint Jerome by José de Ribera Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x2173, 217 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chiaroscuro ... Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652), commonly called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, was born near Valencia in Spain, at Xátiva, now named San Felipe. ...

An Old Man in Red by Rembrandt Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1576x2014, 230 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Culture of the Netherlands Chiaroscuro ... This article is about the Dutch artist. ...

Self-Portrait by John Everett Millais Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (570x800, 184 KB) John Everett Millais - Self-Portrait Source: [1] File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chiaroscuro ... Sir John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (June 8, 1829 – August 13, 1896) was a British painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. ...

The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Knitting Woman painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 70 years or less. ... William-Adolphe Bouguereau, self-portrait (1886). ...

Chiaroscuro woodcuts and drawings

Man of Sorrows, chiaroscuro drawing on coloured paper, 1516, by Hans Springinklee Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Among the passages in the Hebrew Bible that have been identified by Christians as prefigurations of the Messiah, the Man of Sorrows of Isaiah 53 is paramount. ...	Saturn, anon Italian, 16th? century. Italian style chiaroscuro woodcut, with four blocks, but no real line block, and looking rather like a watercolour. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the planet. ...	Ludolph Buesinck, Aeneas carries his father. German style, with line block and brown tone block Image File history File links Size of this preview: 380 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 788 pixel, file size: 205 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Büsinck, Ludolph Titel: Aeneas rettet seinen Vater Anchises Chiaroscuro Woodcut Aeneas rettet seinen Vater Anchises aus dem brennenden Troja. ...	Hendrick Goltzius, Pluto, woodcut Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Hendrik Goltzius (1558 - January 1, 1617), Dutch painter and engraver, was born at Millebrecht, in the duchy of Julich. ... For other uses, see Pluto (disambiguation). ...
A 19th century version of the original type of chiaroscuro drawing, with coloured paper, white gouache highlights, and pencil shading. Download high resolution version (1500x2000, 2165 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

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