Definition of Tenebrist

1. Proper noun. A Baroque school of painting characterized by heavy use of chiaroscuro. ¹

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Definition of Tenebrist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrist

tendry
tends
tendu
tendus
tene
tenebrae
tenebrific
tenebrificous
tenebrio
tenebrionid
tenebrionids
tenebrios
tenebrious
tenebrism
tenebrisms
tenebrist (current term)
tenebristic
tenebrists
tenebrose
tenebrosity
tenebrous
tenebrously
tenebrousness
tenebrousnesses
tenectomy
teneliximab
tenement
tenement district
tenement house
tenemental

Literary usage of Tenebrist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
"It is doubtful if a tenebrist of the Renaissance could have understood it, and certainly not a realist of the type of Courbet. The principle was explained ..."

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