Chiaroscuro

Another fun treasury challenge from Curation Nation. I admit that I remember hearing the term chiaroscuro in art history class but couldn't recall the exact definition which I have pasted below:

Definition of CHIAROSCURO

1

: pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color

2

a : the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of artb : the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character)

3

: a 16th century woodcut technique involving the use of several blocks to print different tones of the same color;also : a print made by this technique

4

: the interplay of light and shadow on or as if on a surface

5

: the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow