| 释义 |
ten·e·brism
\ˈtenəˌbrizəm\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Latin tenebrae darkness + English -ism
: a style of painting typically associated with the Italian painter Caravaggio and his followers of the late 16th and early 17th centuries that submerges most of the forms depicted in shadow but dramatically illuminates the remaining forms by a concentrated beam of light usually coming from an identifiable source |