Dry from the Italian, kiaru scuru, literally means light dark, kiaru light and scuru dark, creating a pretty self explanatory term. The technique emerged in the Renaissance, in the kiaru scuru drawings, which used bold and high contrast between light and dark in the whole composition, modeling light and greatly enhancing the volume of forms. This technique was wonderfully developed, explored and mastered by Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and of course Rembrandt. Kiaru scuru can be seen not only in drawings, paintings or printmaking, but can also be applied to photography and cinematography, as it represents a way of seeing and depicting reality.