Just using the word recherché is recherché. Indeed the word recherché is likely a bit too recherché for some readers, although a little less recherché Continue Reading
obscure terms
Caravaggio’s Tenebrism
Pretty much anyone who has seen a Caravaggio can make a reasonable guess at what Tenebrism is, because anyone who has seen one of his Continue Reading
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation. Originally the term only referred to the interpretation of biblical texts; but with the New Criticism (1980’s) Continue Reading