Look up: Sfumato


  1. sfumato
    In art, having delicate gradations of shadow rather than firm outlines. Sfumato was used to subtle effect by Leonardo da Vinci, for example. ...
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  2. Sfumato
    Sfu·ma'to adjective [ Italian ] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
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  3. Sfumato
    • (a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
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  4. sfumato
    (from Italian sfumare, `to tone down,` or `to evaporate like smoke`), in painting or drawing, term designating fine shading that produces soft, ... [5 related articles]
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  5. Sfumato
    Sfumato is one of the four canonical painting modes of the Renaissance (the other three being Cangiante, Chiaroscuro, and Unione). The most prominent practitioner of sfumato was Leonardo da Vinci, and his famous painting of the Mona Lisa exhibits the technique. Leonardo da Vinci described sfumato a...
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  6. sfumato
    In art, having delicate gradations of shadow rather than firm outlines. Sfumato was used to subtle effect by Leonardo da Vinci, for example
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  7. SFUMATO
    Italian for "shaded off". Gradual, almost imperceptible transitions of color from light to dark.
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  8. SFUMATO
    Italian for "shaded off". Gradual, almost imperceptible transitions of color from light to dark.
    Found op http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html

  9. sfumato
    1) Tone-blending painting technique
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/sfumato/1

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