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Definition of Painting
1. Noun. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. "His pictures hang in the Louvre"
Specialized synonyms: Abstraction, Cityscape, Daub, Distemper, Finger-painting, Icon, Ikon, Landscape, Illumination, Miniature, Monochrome, Mural, Wall Painting, Nude, Nude Painting, Oil Painting, Pentimento, Sand Painting, Seascape, Waterscape, Semi-abstraction, Still Life, Tanka, Trompe L'oeil, Water-color, Water-colour, Watercolor, Watercolour
Generic synonyms: Graphic Art
Derivative terms: Paint, Paint, Depict, Pictural, Picture
2. Noun. Creating a picture with paints. "He studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Specialized synonyms: Distemper, Fresco, Impasto, Oil Painting, Water-color, Water-colour, Watercolor, Watercolour
Derivative terms: Paint, Paint
3. Noun. The act of applying paint to a surface. "You can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
Specialized synonyms: Spray Painting, Spatter, Spattering, Splash, Splashing, Splattering, Finger-painting
Derivative terms: Paint, Paint
4. Noun. The occupation of a house painter. "House painting was the only craft he knew"
Generic synonyms: Craft, Trade
Group relationships: Building, Construction
Derivative terms: Paint
Definition of Painting
1. n. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
Definition of Painting
1. Verb. (present participle of paint) ¹
2. Noun. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s). ¹
3. Noun. The action of applying paint to a surface. ¹
4. Noun. The same activity as an art form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Painting
1. a picture made with paints [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painting
Literary usage of Painting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"W.; Rembrandt painting, Flemish Loan exhibition of Flemish painting in ...
Art and Archaeol 4:47-53 Jl 46 painting, Hungarian Hungarian and Norwegian art. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Greek and Roman painting.— In the middle of the 6th century before Christ, ...
The color work was even extended to the tinting or painting of statues ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN 553 Engraving by IB Forrest, from a Miniature by William
Dunlap in 1806. •t BURKE, EDMUND, 137 Froma painting by ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The Processes of painting: Preliminary Note.—These will be discussed from the
... Thus, different processes of monumental painting on walls may be brought ..."
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