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sfumato
[ sfoo-mah-toh ]
noun
, Fine Arts.
- the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
sfumato
/ sfuːˈmɑːtəʊ /
noun
- (in painting) a gradual transition between areas of different colour, avoiding sharp outlines
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sfumato1
from Italian, from sfumato shaded off, from sfumare to shade off, from Latin ex- 1+ fūmāre to smoke
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Example Sentences
It is like a picture, or a succession of pictures, painted in what the Italians call the sfumato, or "smoky" manner.
From Project Gutenberg
All the secrets of richness, softness, and morbidenza, all the mysteries of pastoso and sfumato were his.
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The gods were everything and nothing; they got lost in a sfumato.
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