Tenebrism (noun)
ten-eb-rizm
(sometimes capital) a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
From tenebrous (dark and gloomy)
Example sentences
“It’s one of the finest works of tenebrism that was ever created.”
