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REMBRANDT PROFILE
REMBRANDT PROFILE
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the name of a
profile
portraiture
technique
using
Rembrandt
lighting
: one
plane
of the side of the face is fully
illuminated
and another
plane
of the
same
side is in
shadow
, creating a mysterious and dramatic
effect
. This style of
lighting
is called "
Rembrandt
" because he used it in many of his paintings.
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