The use of dark settings in Caravaggio's paintings is referred to by what art historical term?

A) Skiagraphia
B) Chromatism
C) Tenebrism
D) Mauvronism

Tenebrism

Painting in the “shadowy manner,” using violent contrasts of light and dark, as in the work of Caravaggio. The term derives from tenebroso.

Skiagraphia

Greek, “shadow painting.” The Greek term for shading, said to have been invented by Apollodoros, an Athenian painter of the 5th century BC.

Chromatism

The quality or state of being chromatic, which involves the use of color or the ability to produce color, often used in the context of art and music to denote vividness and diversity in color or tone.