Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The manner in which something, especially a work of art, is made.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or manner of making; construction or structure.
- noun In com., an invoice or a bill of parcels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.
- noun (Com.) An invoice or bill of parcels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.
- noun dated, business An
invoice orbill ofparcels .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Whereas in previous paintings she featured lavishly-painted structural elements of defunct worlds, in her new work Gualdoni sheds the nostalgic architectural references and authoritative facture to find meaning in the process itself.
Sharon L. Butler: NYC Gallery Visit: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg Sharon L. Butler 2010
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Whereas in previous paintings she featured lavishly-painted structural elements of defunct worlds, in her new work Gualdoni sheds the nostalgic architectural references and authoritative facture to find meaning in the process itself.
Sharon L. Butler: NYC Gallery Visit: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg Sharon L. Butler 2010
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Whereas in previous paintings she featured lavishly-painted structural elements of defunct worlds, in her new work Gualdoni sheds the nostalgic architectural references and authoritative facture to find meaning in the process itself.
Sharon L. Butler: NYC Gallery Visit: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg Sharon L. Butler 2010
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Whereas in previous paintings she featured lavishly-painted structural elements of defunct worlds, in her new work Gualdoni sheds the nostalgic architectural references and authoritative facture to find meaning in the process itself.
Sharon L. Butler: NYC Gallery Visit: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg Sharon L. Butler 2010
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Altogether the painting is rich in surface textures, what art historians call facture.
James Elkins: How to Look at Mondrian James Elkins 2010
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John fails to see the end of Empire, clinging to the idea that the Persians were wrong that [This Too Shall End], and with the end of Empire comes its total collapse, and its division, and once again we will point to facture points on the North American Continent;
Matthew Yglesias » If You Want to Get Things Done, Use Reconciliation 2010
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Whereas in previous paintings she featured lavishly-painted structural elements of defunct worlds, in her new work Gualdoni sheds the nostalgic architectural references and authoritative facture to find meaning in the process itself.
Sharon L. Butler: NYC Gallery Visit: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg Sharon L. Butler 2010
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Altogether the painting is rich in surface textures, what art historians call facture.
James Elkins: How to Look at Mondrian James Elkins 2010
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It helps to protect the facture, it helps you heal.
What the Father Said 2010
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Altogether the painting is rich in surface textures, what art historians call facture.
James Elkins: How to Look at Mondrian James Elkins 2010
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