pentimento

[ US /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntoʊ/ ]
[ UK /pˌɛntɪmˈɛntə‍ʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
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How To Use pentimento In A Sentence

  • Their imagery of the painter's canvas implies an alternative, that of pentimento, or the eventual emergence of an underlying image in a painting that grows transparent with age.
  • That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented', changed his mind. The scandalous Lillian Hellman
  • The myth becomes a dim pentimento, looming under a series of visuals painted one over the other.
  • Technical investigations often reveal pentimento - a painting beneath another one - adding further grist to the academic mill.
  • The way I'm painting now has a connection with an Italian expression, pentimento, which means ‘ghost image.’
  • The drawing measures 36.8 x 41.3 cm and is executed in pen and ink over black chalk, with some additions in brush and wash, and with one pentimento executed onto a separate piece of paper, which has been glued to the principal folio.
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