Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.
- noun A picture or design in paint.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, art, or employment of laying on paints.
- noun A picture; specifically, a likeness, image, or scene depicted with paints.
- noun Color laid on.
- noun See the qualifying words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
- noun (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
- noun rare Color laid on; paint.
- noun A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
paint . - noun countable An
illustration orartwork done with the use ofpaint (s). - noun uncountable The action of applying
paint to a surface. - noun uncountable The same activity as an
art form .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- noun the occupation of a house painter
- noun creating a picture with paints
- noun the act of applying paint to a surface
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Examples
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The rule is so stern, that all delight in mere incidental beauty, which painting often triumphs in, is wholly forbidden to sculpture; -- for instance, in _painting_ the branch of a tree, you may rightly represent and enjoy the lichens and moss on it, but a sculptor must not touch one of them: they are inessential to the tree's life, -- he must give the flow and bending of the branch only, else he does not enough 'see Pallas' in it.
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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The rule is so stern that all delight in mere incidental beauty, which painting often triumphs in, is wholly forbidden to sculpture; -- for instance, in _painting_ the branch of a tree, you may rightly represent and enjoy the lichens and moss on it, but a sculptor must not touch one of them: they are inessential to the tree's life, -- he must give the flow and bending of the branch only, else he does not enough "see Pallas" in it.
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Take, for example, the term painting "plein air," a French expression meaning "open air" and used colloquially by the French for camping and outdoor sports that refers to creating a work of art outside.
Daniel Grant: Debate: Must 'Plein Air' Be Defined? Daniel Grant 2010
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Take, for example, the term painting "plein air," a French expression meaning "open air" and used colloquially by the French for camping and outdoor sports that refers to creating a work of art outside.
Daniel Grant: Debate: Must 'Plein Air' Be Defined? Daniel Grant 2010
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The title painting, "Only Gods could survive" 2006 which depicts what looks like a Tarzan figure facing a mountainous past, or future, reminds me a little of William Blake.
Andreas Hofer at Metro Pictures Lemon Hound 2007
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The title painting, "Only Gods could survive" 2006 which depicts what looks like a Tarzan figure facing a mountainous past, or future, reminds me a little of William Blake.
Archive 2007-04-01 Lemon Hound 2007
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"BREEZY DAY" is the title painting in a news series of paintings by Julia Waco that will be on display Portland's Attic Gallery Feb. 5-March 5.
JewishReview.org 2009
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The tagline under the painting translates as 'evidence of hell' - faithmouse [at] yahoo (dot-here) com
faithmouse 2009
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Some people believe the lady in the painting is the wife of Florence banker, some believe she is the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, or some believe that she is a man in disguise.
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I felt it a totally inappropriate choice by the publishers given the girl in the painting is about the same age as Lolita (much younger than her 14 years in the movie adaptation) and is cropped down version of a painting which originally included a cat.
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