sinopia — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Synonymes

   sinoper

2. The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco.

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   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 [...].

Nom

1. a red ocher formerly used as a pigment

   Synonymes

   sinopissinoper

   Termes génériques

   ocherochre