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Definition of Paintings
1. painting [n] - See also: painting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paintings
Literary usage of Paintings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It should be remarked that the style of vase-paintings is generally rather archaic
as compared with other branches of contemporary art, as was the case with ..."
2. The history of America by William Robertson (1822)
"The Mexican paintings, which are supposed to have served as annals of their
empire, are few in number, and of ambiguous meaning. ..."
3. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"Many paintings by this artist still exist, amongst those not mentioned above ...
Of his birth and death no dates are known, but there are paintings by him ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Nation 404-5 Ag 28 '15 Exhibition of oil paintings by contemporary American ...
W: Moore. il Int Studio 54:121-7 D '14 Paintings of the Metropolitan museum. ..."