pentimento

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Noun pentimento has 1 sense

pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
--₁ is a kind of painting, picture

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Pentimento

Noun

1. Definition: A visible trace or evidence of an earlier painting or drawing beneath a layer of paint.

Example sentence: The art restorer discovered a pentimento of a face hidden beneath the layers of paint on the canvas.

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2. Definition: A revision or alteration made in a painting or a literary work.

Example sentence: The writer's pentimento of adding a new character improved the flow of the story.

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3. Definition: The phenomenon of images appearing to come to the surface or bleed through a painting.

Example sentence: The artist purposely created pentimento in her artwork to give it a sense of depth and history.

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