15 March 2008
One less pervy word.
Posted by Denise Kendrick under: life or something like it .
Ha! I learned a new word. I finally put ‘chiaroscuro‘ into dictionary.com and found out what the heck it means.
1. the distribution of light and shade in a picture.
2. Painting. the use of deep variations in and subtle gradations of light and shade, esp. to enhance the delineation of character and for general dramatic effect: Rembrandt is a master of chiaroscuro.
3. a woodcut print in which the colors are produced by the use of different blocks with different colors.
4. a sketch in light and shade.
I confess, I thought it was something a heck of a lot sexier. Or well, gradations of light can be sexy. I guess what I mean is kinkier.
I’ve seen the word as a title for a few years now, and I just assumed, as one is wont to do with an overactive imagination, that it was something really pervy in another language. 
It actually makes a lot more sense now…
