Sinopia, the Glossary
Sinopia (also known as sinoper, named after the now Turkish city Sinop) is a dark reddish-brown natural earth pigment, whose reddish colour comes from hematite, a dehydrated form of iron oxide.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: Cappadocia, Cennino Cennini, Classical antiquity, Fresco, Hematite, Intonaco, List of inorganic pigments, Lists of colors, New Objectivity, Pigment, Renaissance art, Sinop, Turkey, Underdrawing, Underpainting, Venetian red.
- Iron oxide pigments
Cappadocia
Cappadocia (Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey.
Cennino Cennini
Cennino d'Andrea Cennini (c. 1360 – before 1427) was an Italian painter influenced by Giotto.
See Sinopia and Cennino Cennini
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
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Fresco
Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.
Hematite
Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils. Sinopia and Hematite are iron oxide pigments.
Intonaco
Intonaco is an Italian term for the final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.
List of inorganic pigments
The following list includes commercially or artistically important inorganic pigments of natural and synthetic origin.
See Sinopia and List of inorganic pigments
Lists of colors
These are the lists of colors;.
See Sinopia and Lists of colors
New Objectivity
The New Objectivity (in Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism.
See Sinopia and New Objectivity
Pigment
A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance.
Renaissance art
Renaissance art (1350 – 1620) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology.
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Sinop, Turkey
Sinop, historically known as Sinope (Σινώπη), is a city on the isthmus of İnce Burun (İnceburun, Cape Ince) and on the Boztepe Peninsula, near Cape Sinope (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the northernmost edge of the Turkish side of the Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, in modern-day northern Turkey.
Underdrawing
Underdrawing is a preparatory drawing done on a painting ground before paint is applied, for example, an imprimatura or an underpainting.
Underpainting
In art, an underpainting is an initial layer of paint applied to a ground, which serves as a base for subsequent layers of paint.
Venetian red
Venetian red is a light and warm (somewhat unsaturated) pigment that is a darker shade of red. Sinopia and Venetian red are iron oxide pigments and shades of red.
See also
Iron oxide pigments
- Attic ochre
- Caput mortuum (pigment)
- Earth pigment
- Falu red
- Ferrihydrite
- Goethite
- Golden ochre
- Hematite
- Hemosiderin
- Iron oxide
- Iron oxide red
- Iron(II) oxide
- Iron(II,III) oxide
- Iron(III) oxide
- Magnetite
- Mars Black (pigment)
- Mummy brown
- Ochre
- Sienna
- Sinopia
- Umber
- Venetian red
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinopia
Also known as Sinopite.