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.
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro is an Italian term which translates as light-dark, and refers to the balance and pattern of light and shade in a painting or drawing
Selected artworks in the collection
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Vilhelm Hammershoi Interior, Sunlight on the Floor
1906 -
Sir Stanley Spencer Self-Portrait
1913 -
Daniel Stringer Portrait of the Artist
1776 -
John Constable, David Lucas Vignette: Hampstead Heath, Middlesex
1831 or 2 -
Juan Muñoz Back Drawing
1990 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner Dunstanburgh Castle from the South
1797–8