[mass noun]a style of painting developed by Caravaggio and other 17th-century Spanish and Italian artists, characterized by predominantly dark tones and shadows with dramatically contrasting effects of light (绘画)暗色调主义(在卡拉瓦吉奥和其他17世纪西班牙和意大利画家影响下形成的一种画风,其作品基调低沉,色调阴暗,常运用明暗对比、强光黑影突出主要物体)