In a stuffed, empty room, rays of moonlight spill through a cobwebbed window and come licking a tired hardwood floor to the feet of an old, stiff chair. On it, the silhouette of a guitar; its strings, ...

“Chiaroscuro” is often taught as a technique, but it endures as an idea. It reminds us that meaning is rarely found in pure brightness or total darkness but in the uneasy space between the two.

Ugo da Carpi might not have had any formal training as an artist, but after about 1516 he had a profound impact on the course of Italian art for the next century. How? Ugo got a patent, or whatever ...

Throughout the history of art, artists and paintings, the chiaroscuro technique has been used, made famous and put the audience in awe and surprise. Chiaroscuro has been used by numerous artists to ...

In 2008, a prize-winning young violinist from Moldova made a recording of violin sonatas with the unconventional Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say. It begins with the most strikingly original ...

Musical nicknames are good for business. Haydn’s set of six string quartets, Op 33, has had nicknames for the whole set, none of which is very widely used. “Russian”, favoured by BIS, remembers the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Chiaroscuro” is often taught as a technique, but it endures as an idea. It reminds us that meaning is rarely found in pure ...

Continuing his long and fruitful relationship with Manfred Eicher's ECM Records—yielding a slew of successful solo records and concerts, acclaimed group work with Oregon and Solstice (also featuring ...