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Is it Chiaroscuro or is it Tenebrism?

Posted on October 17, 2019 (January 26, 2020) by ArtGeek

Tenebrism is a word surprisingly seldom used in discussions of Caravaggio and other 17th-century painters. When it is, it is often thought to simply be another word for chiaroscuro. But it actually has a distinct characteristic that defines it. […]

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