Sfumato
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Sfumato is one of the four canonical painting modes of the Renaissance (the other three being Cangiante, Chiaroscuro, and Unione).[1]
The most prominent practitioner of sfumato was Leonardo da Vinci, and his famous painting of the Mona Lisa exhibits the technique. Leonardo da Vinci described sfumato as "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane."[2]
[edit] In thinking
Sfumato literally means "gone up in smoke". Hence Sfumato[neologism?] has also been used to describe the ability to hold two paradoxical ideas in one's mind without difficulty. This opens up new dimensions for problem-solving, inspiration seeking, and seeing new patterns.[3]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Hall, Marcia (1994). Color and Meaning: Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521457330.
- ^ Earls, Irene (1987). Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. pp. 263. ISBN 0313246580.
- ^ Gelb, Michael J. (2000). How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. Dell. pp. 336. ISBN 0440508274.
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