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Webster 1913 Edition
Painting
Paint′ing
,Noun.
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.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Painting
PA'INTING
,ppr.
PA'INTING
,Noun.
1.
A picture; a likeness or resemblance in colors.2.
Colors laid on.Definition 2024
painting
painting
English
Verb
painting
- present participle of paint
Derived terms
- spray-painting
Noun
painting (plural paintings)
- (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
- The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
- Artistic painting often takes longer than utilitarian house &c. painting.
- (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
- Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.
Synonyms
The same activity as an art form
- third art
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
an illustration or artwork using paint
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the action of applying paint
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artistic application of paint
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