[Lexicog] Looking for a word

[Melissa Axelrod]

> # chiaroscuro on the Web:Italian for "light-dark." The gradations of
> light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the
> illusion of rounded, three-dimensional form created through gradations
> of light and shade rather than line. Highly developed by Renaissance
> painters.
> www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html
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> # Using contrast of light and dark to create the illusion of
> three-dimensional form on a two- dimensional surface. Clustering
> www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/artsed/g8arts_ed/g8vgloae.html
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John Roberts wrote:

>Rudy Troike wrote:
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>>This seems to be the right group to ask about a word for something. A
>>friend of mine, a literary scholar, is writing a paper on Renaissance
>>art, and asked me if I knew a word for the contrast between light and
>>dark. I'm sure that there is something lexicalized in English (more likely
>>in German!) for this concept, but I can't surface it from my internal
>>thesaurus. Any suggestions?
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>shade (n) 2. a colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is ...
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>John Roberts
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