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Definition of Sfumato
1. a. Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
Definition of Sfumato
1. Noun. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sfumato
1. a technique used in painting [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sfumato
Literary usage of Sfumato
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"The ornamentation is richer than with Bird, melting in its sfumato' the lines of
... I called them just now sfumato. As in painting the sharp outline of the ..."
2. Materials for a History of Oil Painting by Charles Lock Eastlake (1869)
"Another quality which was adopted from Leonardo, and of which the Florentines
were especially enamoured, was the ' sfumato' system — the imperceptible ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... and softened off in a tender sfumato runner. Many coats are superimposed, but
the green ground is still to remain slightly visible. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Like Leonardo da Vinci he excels in sfumato. His drawings, many of which are
preserved at the Uffizi and the Louvre, are characterized by a melting softness ..."
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