Sentence examples for subtle gradation from inspiring English sources

Howard Greene and Hal Mohr, the art directors Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman, the costume designer Vera West, the makeup artist Jack Pierce, and their many uncredited assistants) to produce an image of such subtle gradation and luminescence.

(Leonardo achieved his signature sfumato effect, a subtle gradation of colors, using his fingers to spread the oil paints).

I was mesmerized by the subtle gradation between empathy's relationship with compassion and how those nuances play into kindness.

Among the qualities that make Leonardo's work unique are the innovative techniques which he used in laying on the paint, his detailed knowledge of anatomy, light, botany and geology, his interest in physiognomy and the way in which humans register emotion in expression and gesture, his innovative use of the human form in figurative composition, and his use of the subtle gradation of tone.

The colors were hard and bright, with many subtle gradations.

Wonder at the subtle gradations of light and shadow in Leonardo's rendering of the face?

D'Hérin is scrupulously alert to Rameau's subtle gradations of sensuousness.

The colours, gay but not strident, are worked in subtle gradations.

Mr. Friend handled an insistent high-note phrase with subtle gradations of volume and touch.

And here one approaches an area of subtle gradations, easy to misinterpret.

Brits, though, have a keener sense of the subtle gradations of class.