clair-obscure

Afterwards, these very “clair-obscure” low-key photos will be transferred to a canvas-like medium.

How naked do you like to be? « knitnut.net 2008

Some ten minutes later Julius March, after kneeling in prayer, as his custom was, before the divinely sorrowful and compassionate image of the Virgin Mother and the Dead Christ, looked forth through the many-paned study window into the clair-obscure of the windless autumn night.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

Bartolomeo we behold, for the first time, that breadth of the clair-obscure -- the deep tones of colour, with their philosophical arrangement, united to that noble folding of drapery appropriate to, and significant of, every character it covered; a point of excellence in this master, from which Raphael caught his first conception of that noble simplicity which distinguishes the dignity of his draperies, and which it became his pride through life to imitate.

The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself John Galt 1809

Afterwards, these very "clair-obscure" [low-key] photos will be transferred to a canvas-like medium.

Progressive Bloggers 2008

“When we consider the combination of excellence requisite to produce the sublime in painting; the union of propriety with dignity of character; the graceful grouping; the noble folding of drapery, and the deep sombrous tones of the clair-obscure, with appropriate colours harmoniously blending into one whole; ” if there is a picture entitled to the appellation of sublime, from the union of all these excellences, It is that which I have described: considered in all its parts, it is, perhaps, superior to any work in painting, which has fallen under my observation.

The Life Studies And Works Of Benjamin West Esq Galt, John 1820

When we consider the combination of excellence requisite to produce the sublime in painting; the union of propriety with dignity of character; the graceful grouping; the noble folding of drapery, and the deep sombrous tones of the clair-obscure, with appropriate colours harmoniously blending into one whole; -- if there is a picture entitled to the appellation of sublime, from the union of all these excellences, It is that which I have described: considered in all its parts, it is, perhaps, superior to any work in painting, which has fallen under my observation.

The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself John Galt 1809