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Pentimento - Wikipedia In painting, a pentimento (Italian for 'repentance'; from the verb pentirsi, meaning 'to repent'; plural pentimenti) is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over" [1]
PENTIMENTO Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PENTIMENTO is a reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist
Pentimento | Renaissance, Restoration Fading | Britannica Pentimento, (from Italian pentirsi: “to repent”), in art, the reappearance in an oil painting of original elements of drawing or painting that the artist tried to obliterate by overpainting
pentimento - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Learned borrowing from Italian pentimento (“repentance, penance, penitence; remorse; change of opinion; correction; traces of a previous image or work in an artwork”), from pentìrsi (“to repent; to regret”) + -mento (suffix forming nouns representing the actions of verbs to which it is attached)
Pentimento | Glossary | National Gallery, London The word pentimento is derived from the Italian 'pentirsi', which means to repent or change your mind Pentimento is a change made by the artist during the process of painting
PENTIMENTO Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Pentimento definition: the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over See examples of PENTIMENTO used in a sentence
Pentimento in Art: Unveiling Hidden Layers Creative Journeys Simply put, a pentimento (pronounced pen-tee-MEN-toh) is the visible trace of an earlier form, composition, or element beneath the final surface of a painting It’s a ghost image—a subtle echo of a previous artistic decision—that has started to show through the overlying paint layers
pentimento | Art History Glossary - Stephens College pentimento (Italian: “change of mind”) A part of an image that was deliberately painted over by the artist, but shows through when the top paint layer becomes worn with age or is over-cleaned Pentimenti usually occur when the painter decides to alter part of the image at a late stage in the painting process