Associations to the word «Pentimento»

Wiktionary

PENTIMENTO, noun. The presence or emergence of traces of previous work or image, especially, of the same subject, originally in painting.

Dictionary definition

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).

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche