sinopia — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

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   Sinonimi

   sinoper

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

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   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (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 [...].

Sostantivo

1. a red ocher formerly used as a pigment

   Sinonimi

   sinopissinoper

   Termini più generali

   ocherochre