Tenebrism
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Tenebrism, from Italian tenebroso, also occasionally called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using especially pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark,
John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness), by Caravaggio, 1604, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Martyrdom of St Andrew by Jusepe de Ribera, 1628 (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest))
A Man Singing by Candlelight, by Adam de Coster, 1625–1635
Orazio Gentileschi Young Woman Playing a Violin
Effets de soir
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Effets de soir are the effects of light caused by the sunset, twilight, or darkness of the early evening or matins. They appear frequently in works by such painters as Vincent van Gogh, Bernhard Fries
Tenebrism
…were painted by Joseph Wright of Derby and other artists of the Romantic Movement, but the term is rarely used to characterize their work in general. Effets de soir Low key…
Study for The Potato Eaters
Starry Night Over the Rhone
The Starry Night
The Night Cafe