Discuss the presence of tenebrism in Caravaggio's art

What will be an ideal response?


Essay responses should include these points:
• Tenebrism is the presence of large dark areas to sharply contrast to the smaller lighter areas within the work.
• Caravaggio's The Calling of Saint Matthew demonstrates the use of tenebrism through the contrast of dark to light within the work.
• The light streams in from a single source, illuminating and directing the viewer to St. Matthew.

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What were the 400 years of silence (Intertestamental Period) broken by?

What will be an ideal response?

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Elements of Giotto's new style that appear in the Madonna Enthroned include ____

a. slender and fragile figures b. heavily patterned drapery c. statuesque figures that cast shadows d. floating figures

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Which composer is considered the "bridge" between the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

A) ?Palestrina B) ?Strozzi C) ?Giorgione D) ?Josquin

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