Associations to the word «Sfumato»

Wiktionary

SFUMATO, noun. In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne