Chiaroscuro is one of the techniques that even r/AccidentalRenaissance allows as submissions. It's the use of strong contrast between light and dark. But one technique that restorers are having trouble replicating in this day and age is chiaroscuro woodcuts. Masters like Ugo da Carpi, Antonio da Trento, Niccolò Vicentino, Nicolò Boldrini, and Andrea Andreani perfected the technique. Some printmakers use the technique today, and some do it even with linocuts. But artists in Renaissance Italy would use multiple woodblocks in different colors and create shading. How they managed to align the blocks perfectly is a mystery to this day.
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