sfumato
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sfumato
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From Italian sfumato (“shaded, toned down”).
noun sfumatos
- A painting technique, prominent during the Italian Renaissance, involving the application of subtle layers of translucent paint, blurring the transition between colors, tones and often objects and creating the illusion of depth. Another quality which was adopted from Leonardo, and of which the Florentines were especially enamoured, was the ‘sfumato’ system—the imperceptible softening of the transitions in half-tints and shadows.
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Talk about this word "sfumato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sfumato. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sfumato. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sfumato "sfumato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sfumato.Cite this
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