different between painting vs sfumato

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?n.t??/
• Rhymes: -e?nt??

Verb

painting

1. present participle of paint

Noun

painting (countable and uncountable, plural paintings)

1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

   • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.

3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

Synonyms

The same activity as an art form

• third art

Derived terms

• cave painting
• oil painting

Related terms

• painter

Translations

Anagrams

• patining

English

Etymology

Italian sfumato (“shaded, toned down”) (1909).

Noun

sfumato (usually uncountable, plural sfumatos)

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

Translations

See also

• sfumatura
• atmospheric perspective

French

Noun

sfumato m (plural sfumatos)

1. (art) sfumato

Italian

Verb

sfumato m (feminine singular sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. past participle of sfumare

Adjective

sfumato (feminine sfumata, masculine plural sfumati, feminine plural sfumate)

1. shaded
2. hazy
3. disappeared