noun
- plural of sinopia: reddish-brown earth pigments used in painting, or preliminary drawings made with such pigments
Usage: art terminology
Examples
- The artist prepared several sinopias before beginning the final fresco.
- Renaissance painters often used sinopias to sketch their compositions on walls.
- The museum displayed ancient sinopias discovered beneath later paintings.
- Art historians study sinopias to understand the creative process of master painters.
- The restoration revealed beautiful sinopias that had been hidden for centuries.