Lexique

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“text”: “Leonardo da Vinci is credited with perfecting sfumato in the late 1400s. Painters before him softened edges, but Leonardo turned it into a system and pushed it further than anyone, which is why his name and the technique are inseparable.”

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“text”: “Sfumato means shaded off or faded like smoke, from the Italian word fumo, meaning smoke. In practice it describes tones blended so smoothly that no outline remains between them.”

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“text”: “Yes. Any painter who blends …