sinopia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian sinopia. Compare sinoper.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sinopia (countable and uncountable, plural sinopias or sinopie)
- A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
- Synonym: sinoper
- sinopia:
- (art) The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
- 1985, Joseph Reese Strayer, Dictionary of the Middle Ages:
- Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 89:
- In the course of lifting the frescoes from the walls the restorers discovered Simone's full-scale working drawings (in red chalk made from iron oxide and known as sinopie) which lay directly beneath the painted plaster [...].
Further reading edit
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
After the Turkish city Sinop, from Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sinopia f (plural sinopie)
Further reading edit
- sinopia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it