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Don't break into a sweat over a smile

Edit Khaleej Times 23 Jun 2016
I've often wondered if people cotton on to the fake smiles I, at times, paste on my face. It's like this ... You flash a smile; the other person flashes one back in turn ... But, hey, the upside is I haven't felt so guilty about my own infractions ever since ... Leonardo da Vinci, reportedly, "used his self-taught technique of 'sfumato' to blend the paint pigments, particularly around the corners of the subject's [Mona Lisa] eyes and mouth." ... ....

The Funeral Party: scenes from the world's most morbid costume ball

Edit The Guardian 21 Jun 2016
On the foreboding date of 16.06.16, a gothic gala ball took over a funeral home in Hobart, Australia. It was, for want of a better phrase, once in a lifetime ... We lie in coffins and look up at an infinity mirror, which makes it seem like we’ll be in there forever (House of Unholy), or lie on what looks suspiciously like a mortuary trolley for a “dark cold day spa”, where coins are placed on the eyes instead of cucumber (Sfumato) ... ....

THIS WEEK @ UARTS: March 14 - 20, 2016 (The University of the Arts)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Mar 2016
(Source. The University of the Arts). Stay up to date with University of the Arts news and events.. Calendar - get info on upcoming events. Facebook - like us. Twitter - follow @UArts and tweet us back your news. Instagram - follow @universityofthearts. news@uarts.edu - send us your upcoming news and announcements for next week by NOON on Thursday. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Open Student Forum ... NEWS ... EVENTS ... NEWS ... The Sfumato Nudes of San Miguel de Allende....

Collecting Collectors

Edit Huffington Post 11 Mar 2016
This week, tens of thousands of collectors, specialists and curators converge in the Dutch town of Maastricht for the annual art and antiques fair, TEFAF. Over thirty thousand objects will be showcased by some 275 art dealers (March 11-20) ... 1508-1509. Black chalk ... Koenigs) ... 1629-1630 ... Koenigs) ... He'd transfer these scale drawings onto canvas, and then painted with a rich Venetian palette and subtle blending of color, known as sfumato ... ....

He was one of the greatest of all Venetian artists, but who was Giorgione?

Edit The Guardian 11 Mar 2016
Like his sleeping Venus and stormy Arcadian landscapes, Giorgione’s life is shrouded in mystery. As a new exhibition of his work opens at the Royal Academy the jury is still out. how can we be sure of what he actually painted? ... Related ... Twitter ... He may well have been inspired by Leonardo’s deep shadows and famous sfumato, the poetic smokiness of his images, but his rich colour and thick, luscious brushwork were entirely his own ... Twitter ... ....

Breaking Down: The Louvre

Edit About.com 04 Feb 2016
Once upon a time, I met a handsome American in Paris who said that he loved art. I suggested we visit the Louvre together. He said he had already seen it. "All 300 rooms, all 35,000 works of art? In one visit?" I asked. "Yup, the whole thing." ... Mona Lisa ... Really ... Here you can gaze into the hazy sfumato of a mysterious grotto where the Virgin Mary, Jesus, John the Baptist and an angel are grouped together ... "Code of Hammurabi"....

Royalton Valentine's Day Special

Edit About.com 31 Jan 2016
High-design Royalton New York, a Morgans Hotel Group property, is offering a Valentin'es Day promotion ... For a sweet ending, Flourless Chocolate Cake is served with peanut butter mousse, cherry vanilla coulis and brittle ... Apple Beignets are served with cider caramel and powdered sugar ($12), paired with a Sfumato – Apple smoked peach-infused Cointreau, peach puree and Prosecco topped with apple smoked peach garnish ($18) ... (NASDAQ ... ....

Sfumato, Chiaroscuro, and Tenebrism

Edit About.com 27 Jan 2016
Using the techniques of sfumato, chiaroscuro, and tenebrism, Italian artists like Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Michelangelo (1475-1564), Raphael (1483-1520), and Caravaggio (1571-1610) were able to create paintings that more realistically showed the volume and mass of the human form and a three-dimensional experience of space. Sfumato ... Sfumato contributed to her realism and mystery ... Pastel Painting with Sfumato....

Sublime, Exhilarating del Sarto

Edit The New York Review of Books 27 Jan 2016
Private Collection. Andrea del Sarto ... Andrea reveled in his own version of Leonardo’s sfumato—“smoky”—technique, which created dramatic shifts between light and shadow, but with such subtle changes in color that human flesh seemed soft to the touch and landscapes seemed to be shrouded in mist ... Unmarked paper creates the highlights on Lucrezia’s skin; the rest has been smudged to a delicate sfumato ... ....

Craft fair offers unique gifts with a personal touch

Edit Detroit news 03 Dec 2015
This weekend’s 10th annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair is the perfect one-stop shop for those who skipped Black Friday and Cyber Monday in favor of buying gifts with a personal touch this holiday season ... Whether you’re shopping for home decor, toys, food or fragrances, the fair offers something for nearly every budget ... Another new vendor this year is Sfumato Fragrances, run by husband and wife team Kevin Peterson and Jane Larson ... 6 p.m ... ....

J. Paul Getty Museum Presents Jean–Étienne Liotard: A Cosmopolitan Artist (J Paul Getty Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Nov 2015
(Source. J Paul Getty Museum). Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age, 1755 - 1756. Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702 - 1789), Pastel on vellum. 21 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles ... Liotard used the texture of the vellum, along with a fine sfumato effect, to define his rich, fleshy, and aged face,' says Ketty Gottardo, associate curator of drawings and curator of the installation ... The J....

Arts Council Collection - the nation's art lending library (Arts Council England)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Oct 2015
(Source. Arts Council England). C omprising of over 7,500 works by over 2,000 artists , t he Arts Council Collection is one of the largest loan collections of contemporary British art in the UK ... Grayson Perry, The Adoration of the Cage Fighters, 2012. Image ... Gift of the artist and Victoria Miro Gallery with the support of Channel 4 Television, the Art Fund and Sfumato Foundation with additional support from AlixPartners ... © the artist 2014....

Sunscreen Or Camouflage? Why So Many Animals Have Dark Backs And Pale Bellies

Edit IFL Science 08 Oct 2015
The animal kingdom contains a huge diversity of colour patterns, from the near-perfect camouflage of the cuttlefish to the extravagant displays of birds of paradise ... Humpback whales are classic examples of countershading Yann Hubert ... In Plain Sight ... It is the shading, using a technique called sfumato, that allows us to perceive the graceful shape of the woman’s head on the two-dimensional plane of the drawing ... The Right Coat ... ....
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