Sinopia

Sinopia

Sinopia is a reddish-brown ocher-like earth color pigment used in traditional oil painting. It is used for the cartoon or underpainting for a fresco. It is composed of iron oxides, from a kind of clay or quartz called sinople.

Sinopia was written about by Cennino Cennini in "Il Livro del Arte" in the 15th century and described as, "A natural color known as sinoper, or porphyry, is red; and this color is lean and dry in character. It stands working up well; for the more it is worked up, the finer it becomes. It is good for use on panel or anconas, or on the wall, in fresco or in secco..." Cennini follows this discussion with a look at a special kind of sinopia used in Florence for painting flesh colors.

See also

*Underpainting


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  • Sinopia — Si*no pi*a, Sinopis Si*no pis, n. A red pigment made from sinopite. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • sinopia — noun (plural pias or sinopie) Etymology: Italian, from Latin sinopis, from Greek sinōpis, from Sinōpē Sinop, ancient seaport in Asia Minor Date: 1844 1. a red to reddish brown earth pigment used by the ancients that depends for its color on its… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sinopia — noun a) A reddish brown ochre like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos. Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco. b) A work executed in sinopia …   Wiktionary

  • Sinopia —    An underdrawing for a fresco that is rendered in red earth mixed with water. Examples of sinopie that have been revealed during restorations are those now housed in the Papal Palace in Avignon for frescoes commissioned from Simone Martini by… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

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  • sinòpia — si|nò|pi|a Mot Esdrúixol Nom femení …   Diccionari Català-Català

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