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Definition of Sinopia
1. Noun. A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
Definition of Sinopia
1. n. A red pigment made from sinopite.
Definition of Sinopia
1. Noun. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos. ¹
2. Noun. The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinopia
1. a red pigment [n -PIAS or -PIE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinopia
Literary usage of Sinopia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials for Permanent Painting: A Manual for Manufacturers, Art Dealers by Maximilian Toch (1911)
"Rubens, Rembrandt, Franz Hals and their contemporaries did not use over five or
possibly seven colors, and the sinopia which they used was all of one origin ..."
2. The Drawings of Stefano Da Verona and His Circle and the Origins of ...by Evelyn Karet by Evelyn Karet (2002)
"San Fermo Maggiore, Verona Stefano da Verona sinopia with traces of black charcoal
DIMENSIONS: 210 x 423 cm (approximate measurements); the sinopia is ..."
3. A Treatise on Painting by Cennino Cennini, Giuseppe Tambroni, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1844)
"752, has this definition: " This red ochre of sinopia is very fine; it is heavy,
dense, and of the colour of liver, without any mixture of stone; ..."
4. The Art of Fresco Painting: As Practised by the Old Italian and Spanish by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1846)
"It is probable that sinopia was superseded by Terra Rossa d' Inghilterra in Italy
... The same influence may also have prevented the introduction of sinopia ..."
5. History and Methods of Ancient & Modern Painting by James Ward (1914)
"The term " sinopia " which has been given to various red pigments has previously
been considered on pages 181-2. Cennini has little to say about it, ..."
6. Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1849)
"—Take sinopia and ceruse, and apply it wherever you wish to paint flesh ; when
it is dry, take hlack and mark the eyes and limbs, and lay on the lights with ..."
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