sinopia
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /sɪˈnəʊpɪə/
sinopia
- A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
- Synonyms: sinoper
- (arts) The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 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 [...].
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 89:
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