Word: chiaroscuro
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...seem like an odd choice for a novel set in "colorful" Mexico, but it suits the book's theme of cultural contrasts, to say nothing of how black and white emphasizes Abel's facility with a brush. She combines richness of detail with simplicity of arrangement into understated chiaroscuro effects that are as easy to read as they are comely to look...
...Isaksson, a sweet, pampered girl (Birgitta Pettersson) is murdered by herdsmen, who are in turn killed by her father (Max Von Sydow). A miracle play and a horror movie--it was remade in 1972 as The Last House on the Left--the movie retains its stark grandeur in the chiaroscuro cinematography of Sven Nykvist. As a peasant girl who witnesses and wills the murder, Gunnel Lindblom has a feral magnificence...
...bail of $300,000: other prisoners reportedly stole his shoes and cell phone. A onetime race-car driver who famously lost his way in a 1982 rally across the Sahara, causing his Iron Lady mother to weep, Thatcher has had what Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer describes as a "chiaroscuro business career." He was accused of having links to the international arms trade, allegedly profiting from a multi-billion dollar deal with Saudi Arabia. In 1987, he married Diane Burgdorf, the daughter of a wealthy Texan; the couple moved from Texas to South Africa in 1995. Ron Wheeldon, a partner...
...Paul a un travail d'été") Michel Rabagliati had more exposure to French comix than American ones. Consequently his style looks more like Tintin than the X-Men. Called "bandes dessinées," or the "clear line" style, he uses big, simple outlines with a minimum of chiaroscuro shading -- perfect for a bright, outdoorsy story. Rabagliati has a wonderful knack for caricature. Paul, for example, is distinguished mostly by thick brush strokes over each dot of an eye, and three vertical lines of "scruff" on his chin. "Clear Line" is nothing if not the most easy-to-read...
...tried to do one himself: "It was a catastrophe." Appropriately, Freud opens the show with Constable's tree trunk, followed by some 200 paintings, drawings and watercolors that trace the evolution of Constable's style, from delicate views in soft greens and grays to the saturated colors, stark chiaroscuro and dramatic skies of his later years. Among the artist's little-known portraits are his young wife, Maria Bicknell, and waist-length likenesses of three formidable matrons, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Pulham and Mrs. Tudor. One of the most striking things about the Congo Gestures show...