Following Constantine's conversion, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos recounts that Christian pacifism and anarchism were submerged for nearly a millennium until the emergence of thinkers such as Francis of Assisi and Petr ChelÄickÃ½.
noun. verb. The definition of a plume is a feather or a group of feathers, or a cloud of material spreading from its source. 1  A large, full feather from an ostrich that you wear in your hat is an example of a plume.
Sfumato (sfoo-mah-toe) ~ Italian for smoky.. A oil painting technique in which the artist coats the objects in a picture with layers of very thin paint to soften edges and blur shadows. This creates a dreamlike effect of atmospheric mist or haze.