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Sfumato (English: /sfuːˈmɑːtoʊ/ sfoo-MAH-toh, Italian: [
sfuˈmaːto]; lit. 'smoked off', i.e. 'blurred') is a
painting technique for
softening the transition...
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admired for its
captivating beauty,
mysterious demeanor, and
mastery of
sfumato.
There is no real
consensus on the subject, date, history, or
purpose of...
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sfumato,
chiaroscuro and cangiante.
Unione was
developed by Raphael, who
exemplified it in the
Stanza della Segnatura.
Unione is
similar to
sfumato,...
- the
canonical painting modes of the
Renaissance (alongside cangiante,
sfumato and unione) (see also
Renaissance art).
Artists known for
using the technique...
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March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a
French painter,
noted for his use of
sfumato and
chiaroscuro in
painting nudes,
religious subjects and portraits. Henner...
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painting colours available to
Italian High
Renaissance painters,
along with
sfumato,
chiaroscuro and unione. The word
itself is the
present participle of the...
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shadowy quality for
which the work is
renowned came to be
called "
sfumato", or Leonardo's smoke.
Vasari wrote that the
smile was "so
pleasing that...
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Detail of
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506,
showing the
painting technique of
sfumato...
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particular his
mastery of the use of
graphic materials and the
rendering of
sfumato,
resulting in a work of
incomparable poetics and beauty. The Head of the...
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shortening lines in a
drawing so as to
create an
illusion of depth.
Sfumato – The term
sfumato was
coined by
Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da
Vinci and...
