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paint·ing (pānt′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act or occupation of covering surfaces with paint
    1. the act, art, or occupation of applying paints to canvases, paper, etc. in producing pictures and compositions
    2. a picture or composition so painted

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painting Synonyms

painting

n.

  1. A work of art

    oil painting, water color, abstract design, landscape, cityscape, seascape, composition, sketch, portrait, portrayal, picture, likeness, representation, art work, canvas, mural, depiction, delineation; see also art 3.

    Schools of painting include: primitive, Romanesque, Medieval, Florentine, Sienese, Flemish, Venetian, Mannerist, Dutch, Spanish, French, tableau de genre (French), pre-Raphaelite, Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Neoimpressionism, plein air (French), Realism, Fauvism, primitivism, Naturalism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, pop, op.

  2. The act of applying paint

    enameling, covering, coating, varnishing, decorating, calcimining, daubing, splashing, brushing, airbrushing, the brush*; see also art 2.


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painting Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • canvas: Landscapes -- traditional and more abstract paintings on canvas, board or paper.

Adjective modifier

  • figurative: Figurative painting includes all painting that is based on nature - on representation of the visual world.

Converse of object

  • exhibit: Constable exhibited this painting at the Royal Academy in 1831, but continued working on it during 1833 and 1834.

Noun used with modifier

  • watercolor: The Painting This picture is based on a watercolor painting by J Douglas Hunter.

Preposition: in

  • acrylic: Simon Birtall Fine Art & Illustration - Impressionistic paintings in acrylics on canvas by UK artist and illustrator Simon Birtall.

Preposition: by

  • artist: The gallery contains a large number of paintings by 19th century artists.
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painting quotes

I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand only to make a likeness, whereas from sculptures we learn to represent both likeness and correct incidence of light.

-Alberti, Leon Battista

Only when you are moved by a painting should you buy it. Being moved is what collecting is all about.

-Annenberg,Walter H

   Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.

-Berger,John Peter

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