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‖ tenebroso, n. and a.|teneˈbroso|
Also pl. (as n.) tenebrosi.
[It. tenebroso dark: see tenebrous a. (n.).]
A. n. One of a group of early seventeenth-century Italian painters influenced by Caravaggio, whose work is characterized by dramatic contrasts of light and shade.
B. adj. Designating the style of this group of painters.
1886W. M. Rossetti in Encycl. Brit. XX. 532/1 The naturalist school, called also the school of the Tenebrosi, or shadow painters. Ibid., Ribera..had by this time acquired so much mastery over the tenebroso style that his performances were barely distinguishable from Caravaggio's own. 1938Burlington Mag. Feb. 63/1 The Last Supper..introduces us to a tenebroso effect. 1982C. Whitfield in Whitfield & Martineau Painting in Naples (Catal. of R. Acad. Exhibition) 165/2 Artemisia Gentileschi trained with her father Orazio in the early Seicento, when his style was at its most tenebroso.
Hence ˈtenebrist = tenebroso n.; ˈtenebrism, the style of the tenebrosi.
1923F. J. Mather Hist. Italian Painting ix. 454 Both at Rome and Naples swaggering Caravaggio had enormous success... He boasted himself the greatest painter of all time, and he was often believed. From his swarthy tones his entire school took the name, the Tenebrists. 1958Archit. Rev. CXXIV. 56/3 As a belated tenebrist, he [sc. Wright of Derby] handles artificial light intelligently without making any visual discoveries of his own. 1959Penguin Dict. Art 313 Tenebrism..is the name given to painting in a very low key, specifically to the works of those early 17th c. painters who were much influenced by Caravaggio. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Feb. 213/3 Elsheimer's..tenebrism sprang from the same source. |