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Tone-blending painting technique
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sfumato
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sfumato (, ) is one of the four canonical painting modes of Renaissance art (alongside cangiante , chiaroscuro , and unione ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sfumato \Sfu*ma"to\, a. [It.] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1847, from Italian sfumato , literally "smoked," from Latin fumus "smoke" (see fume (n.)).
Usage examples of sfumato.
Her expression was hard to read, or had the monk's hand smudged, or age and grime bestowed a sfumato sympathy?
Crouch peered and was rewarded with a study, sfumato, of unmistakable hands ungboving themselves deftly.