- tenebrist
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tenebrist — I. brə̇st noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin tenebrae + English ist : one who adheres to or uses tenebrism II. adjective … Useful english dictionary
tenebrist — ten·e·brist … English syllables
Francisco Ribalta — (Solsona, Lleida, 2 June, 1565 – Valencia, 14 January, 1628) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, mostly of religious subjects. He is also known as Francisco Ribaltá or de Ribalta . While he initially apparently was apprenticed with… … Wikipedia
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tenebrism — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin tenebrae darkness Date: 1954 a style of painting especially associated with the Italian painter Caravaggio and his followers in which most of the figures are engulfed in shadow but some are… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Binding of Isaac — For the video game by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, see The Binding of Isaac (video game). The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio, in the Baroque tenebrist manner The Binding of Isaac Akedah [1] (עקדה) o … Wikipedia
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Jusepe de Ribera — (January 12, 1591 1652) was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, also known as José de Ribera in Spanish and as Giuseppe Ribera in Italian. He was also called by his contemporaries and early writers Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard … Wikipedia
