The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chiaroscurist
Chiaroscurist \Chi*a`ros*cu"rist\, n. A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
chiaroscurist
n. A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
Usage examples of "chiaroscurist".
Still, he so nearly made himself a Venetian that, as opposed to the Dutch academical chiaroscurists, he is to be considered a Venetian altogether.
And then the chiaroscurists succeed in persuading them of the fact that there is a mystery in the day as in the night, and show them how constantly to see truly, is to see dimly.
For, indeed, the best art of this school of fantasy may at last be in reality, and the chiaroscurists, true in ideal, may be less helpful in act.