chiaroscurist

He was actually the great chiaroscurist of the 20th century.

He, like his brother, was an Italian chiaroscurist that would use two blocks for their prints in a German manner.

The early style of Italian engravers differs greatly from that of a modern chiaroscurist.

The district about Pordenone had been somewhat fertile in capable painters; but Pordenone is the best known, a vigorous chiaroscurist and flesh painter.

M.J. move: Spelled chiaroscurist; defeated 248 competitors at last May's Scripps-Howard national spelling bee.

Jody-Anne Maxwell, with precise diction flavored by her lilting accent, spelled "chiaroscurist" before a packed hall in Washington on Thursday, becoming the Bee's first foreign champion in its 71 years.

Hanging his head, Prem stepped away from the mike as Jody-Anne Maxwell, 12, of Kingston, Jamaica, moved forward and correctly spelled "chiaroscurist," one who paints in a style that emphasizes light and shading to produce the illusion of depth.

When the runner-up, Prem Murthy Trivedi of Lakewood Preparatory School in Howell, N.J., faltered on "prairillon" (he spelled it "prerillon"), Jody-Anne was given "chiaroscurist," meaning a painter whose style emphasizes the use of light and shadow to simulate depth.