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Definition of tenebrism in English: tenebrismnounˈtɛnəbrɪz(ə)m mass nounA style of painting developed by Caravaggio and other 17th-century Spanish and Italian artists, characterized by predominantly dark tones and shadows with dramatically contrasting effects of light. Example sentencesExamples - He stayed away from tenebrism, preferring a more even balance between line and light.
- Caravaggio revolutionized Baroque painting with a technique called tenebrism.
- Caravaggio's tenebrism was dangerous and subversive.
- For him, tenebrism fit the general category of ‘furtive painting’, a style that was intended to conceal shortcomings by means of cloaking shadows.
- His stay in Italy, where he encountered Caravaggesque naturalism and tenebrism, was decisive for his art.
Derivatives noun He was at his best as a tenebrist. Example sentencesExamples - She creates a tenebrist tableau of brilliant whites and jet blacks.
- The museum's painting is the sort of gloomy, tenebrist work for which he is usually most admired.
- His first works were painted in a naturalistic and tenebrist style.
Origin From Italian tenebroso 'dark' + -ism. |