Classical painting

paint·ing (p

ng)

1. The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.

2. A picture or design in paint.

painting [ˈpeɪntɪŋ]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the art or process of applying paints to a surface such as canvas, to make a picture or other artistic composition

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a composition or picture made in this way

3. the act of applying paint to a surface with a brush

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	painting - 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" picture abstraction - an abstract painting cityscape - painting depicting a city or urban area daub - an unskillful painting distemper - a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder finger-painting - a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking ikon, icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church landscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery miniature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single color mural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surface nude, nude painting - a painting of a naked human figure oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background waterscape, seascape - a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) semi-abstraction - a semiabstract painting still life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers tanka - a Tibetan religious painting on fabric trompe l'oeil - a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality watercolor, watercolour, water-color, water-colour - a painting produced with watercolors
	2.	painting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" distemper - a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery fresco - a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster impasto - painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible oil painting - the art or method of painting with oil paints water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour - the art or technique of painting with watercolors beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
	3.	painting - the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush" application, coating, covering - the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; spray painting - applying paint with a sprayer splashing, splattering, spatter, spattering, splash - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface finger-painting - painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
	4.	painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" house painting craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"

painting

noun picture, portrait, sketch, representation, illustration, image, work of art a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria

Translations

painting [ˈpeɪntɪŋ] N

1. (Art) (= picture) → cuadro m, pintura f; (= activity, genre) → pintura f
to study painting → estudiar pintura
French Impressionist painting → la pintura impresionista francesa
see also oil C

2. (= decorating) → pintura f
painting and decorating → pintura f y decoración

painting [ˈpeɪntɪŋ]

(= activity) [pictures] → peinture f
My hobby is painting → Mon hobby c'est la peinture.
She really enjoyed painting and gardening → Elle aimait beaucoup la peinture et le jardinage.

[houses, wall, door] → peinture f painting and decorating

(= picture) → tableau m
a painting by Picasso → un tableau de Picasso

modif
a painting class → un cours de peinture
painting and decorating n → architecture f d'intérieur
paint stripper n → décapant m

painting

(= picture) → Bild nt, → Gemälde nt

no pl (Art) → Malerei f

no pl (of flat etc) → Anstreichen nt

painting [ˈpeɪntɪŋ] n (Art) (picture) → dipinto, quadro; (activity) → pittura; (decorating, of doors) → verniciatura; (000, of walls) → imbiancatura

painting → لَوْحَة malování maleri Gemälde πίνακας cuadro maalaus tableau slika dipinto 絵画 그림 schilderij maleri malarstwo pintura живопись målning ภาพวาด resim bức hoạ 绘画

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
abstract expressionism action painting art Chrysemys Chrysemys picta finger paint finger-painting fingerpaint flat coat genus Chrysemys house paint house painting housepaint latex paint nude painting oil color oil paint oil painting paint			This collage was made wtih postcards of a classical painting of two naked ladies. RABBIE REBORN Art work is Bard act to follow by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Many classical paintings of floral still life can be found in museums. Floral Tapestry Art Elegant Sophistication for the Modern Home by Angela Dawson-Field / Home based business community Popular and classical paintings can be reproduced through sophisticated textile design to provide an impressive feature for the wall. The Elegance of Fine Art Tapestries by Angela Dawson-Field / Hobbies community			class-B amplifier class-C amplifier class-conscious class-consciousness classes classes of supply Classible classic classic blues classic car classic hemochromatosis classical classical architecture Classical Armenian classical ballet Classical Chinese classical college classical conditioning Classical Greek classical haemophilia classical hemophilia classical Latin classical mechanics classical music classical mythology Classical painting classical pathway classical physics classical probability classical scholar Classical school classical style Classical tripos examination classicalism Classicalist Classicality classically Classicals orders classicise classicism classicist classicistic classicize classics classifiable Classific classification classification of bridges and vehicles classification schedule classification system Classificatory			classical mechanics Classical Midi Archives Classical migraine Classical migraine Classical migraine Classical Motional Electric Law Classical multidimensional scaling classical music Classical music (disambiguation) Classical Music Archives Classical Music for Kids Classical Music Library Classical Music Lovers' Exchange Classical musicians Classical myth classical mythology Classical Near Eastern and Religious Studies Classical Noise Matching Classical Normal Linear Regression Classical Normal Linear Regression Model Classical optics Classical optics Classical optics Classical or an Ancient Pantheism Classical order Classical order Classical order Classical order Classical order Classical orders Classical painting classical pathway classical pathway classical pathway Classical period Classical period in Greece Classical Persian Classical Perturbation Scattering Theory Classical Phenylketonuria Classical Phenylketonuria Classical Phenylketonuria Classical philology Classical Physics Classical Physics Classical piano Classical piano Classical Plate Theory Classical probability Classical Protein Kinase C Classical Public Radio Network Classical Quantum Mechanics Classical Quantum Mechanics Classical Quantum Mechanics Classical Quarterly Classical Radiography and Fluoroscopy Classical Random Walk Classical Reactive Infinite Order Sudden Approximation Classical Receptive Field Classical Reggae Interviews Classical Reviews in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Classical Revival

painting (redirected from Classical painting)

painting
(redirected from Classical painting)