Sinopia

Red chalk preliminary drawing of the fresco “Last Judgment” by Urban Görtschacher on the west wall of the parish church in Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria

Sinopia (after the Black Sea city of Sinope in Turkey ) is a red-brown to ocher-like natural color . It was used in traditional oil painting or for sketching frescoes and mosaics . The reddish color is due to iron oxide compounds.

The step of sketching the outlines for a fresco directly on the wall is also called Sinopia . This was done until the early 16th century ; later, the majority of the sketches were first recorded on cardboard, on which the outlines were then perforated and transferred to the wall with coal dust ( Spolvero ).

literature

• Joachim Poeschke (ed.): Sinopia and stucco in the westwork of the Carolingian monastery church of Corvey . Rhema, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-930454-34-3 .
• Fabrizio FV Arrigoni: Sinopie architettura ex artramentis . Die Neue Sachlichkeit , Lindlar 2011, ISBN 978-3942139-07-6 (German, Italian); ISBN 978-3-942139-08-3 (English / Italian).

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