Meaning of sinopia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
   countable, uncountable
2. The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

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

“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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