About The Word Painting
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Painting
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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}.
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