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How to pronounce “sfumato”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of sfumato with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Caroline Cocciardi
He was able to figure out how Leonardo did this sfumato
- Definition summary
- (art, painting) 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. [from 1909]
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How to pronounce sfumato
Caroline Cocciardi

He was able to figure out how Leonardo did this sfumato
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (art, painting) 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. [from 1909]
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