pentiment
pentiment noun: synonym of pentimento.
Noun
pentiment (plural pentiments)
- Synonym of pentimento.
- The existence of several pentiments in the British Museum drawing, for example in the left foot of Christ, the right hand of John the Baptist, etc., not to mention the obvious general stylistic resemblance to the work of Andrea del Sarto, proclaim it as an […].1986, Nicholas Turner, Florentine Drawings of the Sixteenth Century, British Museum, →ISBN, page 85
- And one of the things that immediately appears is this thumb, a first position of the thumb. It's called a “pentiment”, it's an artist's first idea, the thumb was subsequently moved to a different position. And you don't usually find that in a copy, but it's not proof that it's definitely the...[2017, The Lost Leonardo, spoken by Dianne Modestini
- Synonyms:
- pentimento
Synonyms of pentiment
Forms of pentiment
| plural | pentiments |
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Questions about pentiment
- What does pentiment mean?
- Pentiment means synonym of pentimento.
- What part of speech is pentiment?
- Pentiment is a noun.
- What is the plural of pentiment?
- The plural of pentiment is pentiments.
Words near pentiment in the dictionary
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