Traditional art

paint·ing (p

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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

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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

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