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Definition: FUMAGE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Hearth money.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fumage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Etymology:Fumage \Fu"mage\, noun. [Old French expression fumage, fumaige, from the Latin expression fumus smoke.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FUMAGE

Domain Definition
Literature Fumage (2 syl.). A tax for having a fire, mentioned in Domesday Book, and abolished by William III. (Latin, fumus, smoke.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wikipedic Fumage is a surrealist technique invented by Wolfgang Paalen in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: FUMAGE

Fumage

Fumage is a surrealist technique invented by Wolfgang Paalen in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas.

It was later employed by Salvador Dalí, who called it "sfumato."[1]

Both Paalen and Dali used the technique as a basis for their oil paintings. Paalen's elongated surreal landscapes and Dali's elongated, wavy treatment of animals and objects reveal the influence of the technique on their imagery.


See also

  • Surrealist techniques

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fumage". Image Credit.
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Synonym: fumage
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Expression

 hearth money.
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