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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See chiaroscuro.

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  • When our sketches (the subject for which had been given out in advance) were arranged, and we had seated ourselves in a big half-circle on the floor, Carolus would install himself on a tall stool, the one seat the studio boasted, and chat _à propos_ of the works before him on composition, on classic art, on the theories of color and clair-obscur.

    The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory 1884

  • Grayscale version of the logo shows the linear effectiveness and 'clair-obscur' of the symbol which is the backbone of the design and this is 'visible' in the color version also.

    SitePoint » News & Trends 2009

  • Parallèlement, je développe des formations depuis 1990, notamment à l’IUP Ville et Santé à Paris Nord 13 en Ingénierie sociale et urbaine et créer un atelier avec Christian Bachmann « un jour, une ville» ainsi qu’à l’Université de Paris Vet créer un atelier le «clair-obscur des territoires»

    Archive 2008-10-14 2008

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