chiaroscuro meaning in English

n.
(pl. chiaroscuros) 〔意大利语〕【美术】明暗对比法；浓淡的映衬；明暗对比画。

Was it the plasticity or was it the chiaroscuro
是可塑性还是明暗处理？
Many dunhuang paintings of the sixth century , joined western chiaroscuro technique to chinese linear style , the artist generated three - dimensional volume and movement through thickening - and thinning calligraphic brush lines without the help of color or shading
许多6世纪敦煌壁画将西域的明暗技法跟中国的线条用笔结合起来，画家不借助于色彩和阴影而是通过粗细有致的书法线描展现了他们对体积和运动的三维认识。
Located along the northern silk route between central asia and metropolitan china proper , and serving as a meeting ground of " western regions " ( xiyu ) and indigenous cultural influences , dunhuang provides a continuous record of datable monuments , from the fifth century onward , showing the importation of the indian chiaroscuro style , known in chinese as aotu hua , " concave - and - convex painting , " and its eventual transformation into the indigenous chinese pictorial idiom
摘要作为丝绸之路上一个西域和本土文化的汇合地点，敦煌艺术提供了5世纪以来西域“明暗法”风格即文献上所谓“凹凸画”以及这种画法最后变成中国本土绘画笔墨风格的一个可确定时代的连续记录。