sinopia

English

Sinopia (sketch)

Etymology

From Italian sinopia. Compare sinoper.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnəʊpɪə/

Noun

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 [...].

Further reading

• sinopia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pisonia

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sinopia f (plural sinopie)

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

Further reading

• sinopia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• spinaio