idioglossia – Artist’s Glossary

Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 17, 2010

idioglossia \id-ee-uh-GLOS-ee-uh\, noun:

1. A private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins.
2. A pathological condition in which a person’s speech is so severely distorted that it is unintelligible.

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Or The husky voice of scotch and malboros. The membrane of the mind.

sfumato – The term sfumato was coined by Italian Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci, and refers to a fine art painting technique of blurring or softening of sharp outlines by subtle and gradual blending of one tone into another through the use of thin glazes to give the illusion of depth or three-dimensionality. This stems from the Italian word sfumare meaning to evaporate or to fade out. The Latin origin is fumare, to smoke. The opposite of sfumato is chiaroscuro.

But lets face it this might be the favourite:

terribilita - A term applied typically to the art of Michelangelo describing the heroic and awe-inspiring power and grandeur of his work.