1) Artistic technique 2) Baroque painting
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Tenebrism, from the Italian, tenebroso (murky), also called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image. The technique was developed to add drama to an image through a spotlight effect, and was popul...
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in the history of Western painting, the use of extreme contrasts of light and dark in figurative compositions to heighten their dramatic effect. ... [9 related articles]
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