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PENTIMENTO [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-08-08
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Painting (Arts)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- pentimento
1, record 1, English, pentimento
correct, see observation
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The reappearance on the surface of an oil painting of paint or drawing that the artist had covered by overpainting, as the result of the increasing transparency of the overpainting on aging; ... 2, record 1, English, - pentimento
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Flora (c. 1650), by Rembrandt. The artist first painted his subject's hat with a much broader brim at the front; his original intention has become known through the appearance of the dark oval area through the lighter, overpainted background. This phenomenon is called pentimento. 2, record 1, English, - pentimento
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pentimenti: plural. 3, record 1, English, - pentimento
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Peinture (Arts)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- repentir
1, record 1, French, repentir
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- pentimento 2, record 1, French, pentimento
correct, masculine noun
- transparence accrue 3, record 1, French, transparence%20accrue
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Changement apporté, correction faite en cours d'exécution [...] 4, record 1, French, - repentir
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'auteur n'invente pas ses personnages, il les ressuscite du fond de ses souvenirs, grattant comme le peintre la toile [...] pour découvrir sous les personnages et le paysage visibles, d'autres personnages, d'autres paysages oubliés. Ainsi apparaît le dessin [...] originel [...] «On appelle ce phénomène pentimento, car il est dû à un repentir du peintre qui, entre-temps, a modifié son sujet primitif.» 5, record 1, French, - repentir
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Il s'agit plus particulièrement de la réapparition du repentir causée par le vieillissement du médium. 6, record 1, French, - repentir
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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