Look up: pentimento

1. pentimento
   noun the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
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2. 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 ...
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3. pentimento
   pentimento (pen"tumen'tō) , painter's term for the evidence in a work that the original composition has been changed. Often the opaque pigment with which the artist covered a mistake or unwanted beginnings will, with time or injudicious cleaning, become transparent, and a revelation of...
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4. Pentimento
   Pentimento is a term for what occurs when the coatings of oil paint become more translucent over time due to a change in the refractive index of the medium.
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5. PENTIMENTO
   A condition of old paintings where lead-containing pigments have become more transparent over time, revealing earlier layers.
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6. PENTIMENTO
   A condition of old paintings where lead-containing pigments have become more transparent over time, revealing earlier layers.
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7. PENTIMENTO
   A condition of old paintings where lead-containing pigments have become more transparent over time, revealing earlier layers.
   Found on http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html
   
   
8. Pentimento
   (Jessica Molaskey album) `Pentimento` is the 2002 debut album by singer Jessica Molaskey performing standards of the 1920s and 1930s. She is joined by an all-star cast of musicians, including her husband John Pizzarelli, father-in-law Bucky Pizzarelli, violinist Johnny Frigo and her br...
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