Did Leonardo Da Vinci Use Sfumato In Mona Lisa

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Leonardo da Vinci had perform different techniques to complete his master pieces. According to Bishop “Across the whole picture is a hazy aura created by the use of sfumato, a shading technique in which outlines are slightly blurred. Sfumato, also used to supreme effect in the Mona Lisa, imitated the effects of human vision, and was Leonardo’s own variation on the chiaroscuro technique developed by Masaccio and other early Renaissance masters”(pg.207). In