Chiaroscuro:
The use of light and dark in strong contrast to suggest forms in artwork. From Italian chiaro=bright and oscuro=dark, literally meaning light-dark. The Baroque period used it heavily and Tenebrism-chiaroscuro to the extreme-emerged as a style.
Artists: Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Joseph Wright of Derby, Giovanni Baglion
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