sfumato
/sfʊˈmɑːtəʊ
/noun [mass noun] Art
The technique of allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.The landscape is idealised from Leonardo's studies of nature, portrayed with techniques of sfumato and aerial perspective....
- He creates rocky landscape backgrounds with misty atmospheric perspective, using sfumato and chiaroscuro to describe colour transitions.
- The famous smile was achieved through the use of a tonal technique sfumato.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Italian, literally 'shaded off', past participle of sfumare.
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