tenebrism

tenebrism

/ˈtenəbrɪzəm/

🖼️ Light, Color & Composition

dramatic darkness with subjects spotlit out of black

tenebrism in a sentence

“Caravaggio's tenebrism — one candle, a wall of night — is a single word in a prompt.”

Origin of tenebrism

Italian tenebroso murky, from Latin tenebrae darkness