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tenebrism

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Main Entry: ten·e·brism
Pronunciation: \ˈte-nə-ˌbri-zəm\
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Latin tenebrae darkness
Date: 1954

: a style of painting especially associated with the Italian painter Caravaggio and his followers in which most of the figures are engulfed in shadow but some are dramatically illuminated by a beam of light usually from an identifiable source

ten·e·brist \-brist\ noun or adjective often capitalized


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