sinopia

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English

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Sinopia (sketch)

Etymology

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From Italian sinopia. Compare sinoper.

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sinopia (countable and uncountable, plural sinopias or sinopie)

  1. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
    Synonym: sinoper
    sinopia:  
  2. (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 [...].

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Italian

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Etymology

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After the Turkish city Sinop, from Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈnɔ.pja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpja
  • Hyphenation: si‧nò‧pia

Noun

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sinopia f (plural sinopie)

  1. (art) sinopia (reddish-brown pigment)

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