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Painting

Painting Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Painting? [n] the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" [n] the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush" [n] making a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" [n] graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Painting: house painting \| picture Related Terms \| Find terms related to Painting: acrylic painting \| aquarelle \| calcimining \| canvas \| coating \| coloring \| covering \| drawing \| easel-picture \| enameling \| encaustic cerography \| encaustic painting \| finger painting \| flower painting \| fresco \| fresco painting \| genre painting \| gilding \| glazing \| glossing \| gouache \| graphic artist \| graphic arts \| graphics \| grisaille \| illumination \| illustration \| impasto \| japanning \| monochrome \| mural painting \| oil \| oil painting \| photography \| picturization \| portraiture \| poster painting \| priming \| printing \| printmaking \| relief-carving \| shellacking \| staining \| stippling \| tempera \| the brush \| undercoating \| varnishing \| wash \| wash drawing \| water \| whitewashing See Also \| abstraction \| application \| art \| artistic creation \| artistic production \| building \| coating \| construction \| covering \| craft \| daub \| finger painting \| finger painting \| fresco \| graphic art \| icon \| ikon \| illumination \| impasto \| landscape \| miniature \| monochrome \| mural \| nude \| nude painting \| oil painting \| oil painting \| portrait \| sand painting \| seascape \| semi-abstraction \| spatter \| spattering \| splash \| splashing \| splattering \| spray painting \| still life \| trade \| trompe l'oeil \| wall painting \| watercolor Painting In Webster's Dictionary \Paint"ing\, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. 2. (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. 3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words. Syn: See {Picture}.

Painting Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Painting?

[n] the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
[n] the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
[n] making a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
[n] graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Painting: house painting | picture

Painting In Webster's Dictionary

\Paint"ing\, n.
1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with,
   paints or colors.

2. (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.

3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] --Shak.

4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Syn: See {Picture}.

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