David Edward Keen Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Is tenebrism just the extreme of Chiaroscuro, the falling off quickly to black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Let me Google that for you. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tenebrism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg MacPherson Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Such a short question may deserve a short answer. No. At least that's my thoght. If chiaroscuro is the gradation of light and dark that may reveal form, or express character, then it exists within the other thing. What was your position, your thought? Why begin this thread without expressing some ideas of your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edward Keen Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Because im learning about both. The beginning of understanding the two terms doesnt seem the place for having a position, if thats what u meant. I heard Coppola referring in an interview to scenes in the Godfather as Chiaroscuro. Then in Caravaggio lighting which seemed to have pure black with no detail as tenebroso, so i was wondering what experienced cinematographers might say. If i'm missing some etiquette forgive me. I know people mostly talk about specific technical situations here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edward Keen Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 ah, yes Stuart Brereton: as on google "...is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro" thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 25, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted May 25, 2016 This is the first time I really heard of the term "tenebroso", so it is not commonly used in cinematography, but the definition online basically describes it as a more extreme form of chiaroscuro so one could use the term chiaroscuro to describe Caravaggio (or Storaro). I'm more likely to hear the phrase "heavy chiaroscuro" than I am "tenebroso" to describe a strong form of chiaroscuro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Is tenebrism just the extreme of Chiaroscuro, the falling off quickly to black? I've rarely heard the term. But because I was an art major back in the olden days, I'm familiar with it... but in most non artschool circles you will just hear 'chiaroscuro', or even 'Rembrandt lighting', or something like that. The google'd reference lists such 16-17th Century Italian painters as Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi as examples. The italian word itself means 'dark'... so one could rightly think of 'noir'... a much more well known style in film. Here is a painting by Artemesia. One will note the dark background super contrasted with the foreground elements to create a dramatic image. There is detail in the background, but this particular online image doesn't really show it... Edited May 25, 2016 by John E Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edward Keen Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 That Artemesia is fantastic. yeah thats cool. Thanks all for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edward Keen Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 oh yeah you can see the column in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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