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    The document discusses the sfumato technique used by Leonardo da Vinci in his painting of the Mona Lisa. It defines sfumato as a technique that creates soft, blurred transitions between colors and tones. This allows for realistic depictions of translucent skin and an illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. In the Mona Lisa, da Vinci used sfumato around Mona Lisa's face to make her appear like she is sitting in a window and following the viewer with her gaze, seeming to exist both in the painting and in the room with the viewer.

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    The document discusses the sfumato technique used by Leonardo da Vinci in his painting of the Mona Lisa. It defines sfumato as a technique that creates soft, blurred transitions between colors and tones. This allows for realistic depictions of translucent skin and an illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. In the Mona Lisa, da Vinci used sfumato around Mona Lisa's face to make her appear like she is sitting in a window and following the viewer with her gaze, seeming to exist both in the painting and in the room with the viewer.

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    The document discusses the sfumato technique used by Leonardo da Vinci in his painting of the Mona Lisa. It defines sfumato as a technique that creates soft, blurred transitions between colors and tones. This allows for realistic depictions of translucent skin and an illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. In the Mona Lisa, da Vinci used sfumato around Mona Lisa's face to make her appear like she is sitting in a window and following the viewer with her gaze, seeming to exist both in the painting and in the room with the viewer.

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    The document discusses the sfumato technique used by Leonardo da Vinci in his painting of the Mona Lisa. It defines sfumato as a technique that creates soft, blurred transitions between colors and tones. This allows for realistic depictions of translucent skin and an illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. In the Mona Lisa, da Vinci used sfumato around Mona Lisa's face to make her appear like she is sitting in a window and following the viewer with her gaze, seeming to exist both in the painting and in the room with the viewer.

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    12.

    According to critics, Mona Lisa seems to be in the two places at the same
    time. How is this shown in the painting? Explain. (leah)

    13. What is sfumato technique? (chai)


    The term "sfumato" is Italian which translates to soft, vague or blurred. This
    technique is used to create atmospheric and dreamy depictions and blending
    the edges between colors so that there is a soft transition.
    The technique was popularized by the old masters of the Renaissance art
    movement, like Leonardo da Vinci, who described the technique as... "...
    without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane".

    14. How is sfumato technique shown in Mona Lisa? (chai)

    There is a soft transition between dark and light tones around the face
    resulting to atmospheric and dreamy depictions. This technique allowed Da
    Vinci to not only realistically duplicate the translucency of skin, but also to
    create such a lifelike presence that the subject appeared to actually be in the
    room, as if she were sitting in a window.
    Sfumato technique got rid of the painting’s flatness and made it seem like
    Mona Lisa is following you with her gaze. To paint on a flat surface a vision
    of someone not confined to that surface required the artist to hold two
    paradoxical thoughts in mind simultaneously — flatness, but with the illusion
    of realistic three-dimensional form.

    Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole


    1. Understanding the first line of the song is crucial to get the message of
    the artist. The first line is an example of an inverted sentence. What
    are the main subject and the verb? What is meant by the line?
    (Kwingles)

     Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you


    Men and Mona Lisa are the two subjects in the first line of the song
    Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole. The sentence uses the verbs “have
    named” to describe how men have addressed the subject being “Mona
    Lisa” as a certain kind of woman.

    2. Who are compared in the song? Why are they compared? (Kwingles)

     You're so like the lady with the mystic smile


    In the second line, you're so like the lady with the mystic smile, compares
    Mona Lisa to some girl with an unusual character. The way the song is
    written, shows bits of how the author of the song views the visual aspects
    of the subject in the painting Mona Lisa. The song writer coordinates
    some ideas about how mysterious the painting of Leonardo da Vinci as
    many interpretations have been laid down to describe Mona Lisa yet there
    is no single interpretation that is proven to be true.

    3. What is meant by “Many dreams have been brought to your


    doorstep/They just lie there, and die there? (lulu)

    This stanza stands for all the wasted opportunities of the woman in the
    song. Possible breakthrough that wasn’t grabbed and nurtured. This may
    also pertains to the potential suitors that liked Mona Lisa or the woman in
    the song, since Mona Lisa portrays mystery and questions.

    4. What does the song say about some characteristics of women? Do you
    still find these characteristics today? (lulu)
    The song depicts some characteristic of a woman like the mystery that
    lies in it’s facial expression, wherein people may ask their true identity or
    even question the woman’s state of mind. These few characteristics I’ve
    mentioned is indeed present today, in connection to the woman’s
    wholesomeness and femininity.

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