Definition of Paintings

1. Noun. (plural of painting) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paintings

1. painting [n] - See also: painting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paintings

painterlinesses
painterly
painters
paintership
painterships
paintery
paintest
painteth
paintier
paintiest
painting
painting by numbers
painting out
painting rocks
paintinglike
paintings (current term)
paintless
paintlike
paintmaker
paintmakers
paintmaking
paintress
paintresses
paints
paints out
paintstick
paintsticks
painture
paintures
paintwork

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. ..."

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