painterly (redirected from painterliness)

paint·er·ly  (pntr-l)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic.

2.

a. Having qualities unique to the art of painting.

b. Of, relating to, or being a style of painting marked by openness of form, with shapes distinguished by variations of color rather than by outline or contour.

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painter·li·ness n.

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painterly [ˈpeɪntəlɪ]

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) having qualities peculiar to painting, esp the depiction of shapes by means of solid masses of colour, rather than by lines Compare linear [5]

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) of or characteristic of a painter; artistic

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

painterly - having qualities unique to the art of painting beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical, aesthetic - concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success"

Translations

painterly [ˈpeɪntəlɪ] ADJ [style, talents] → pictoricista

painterly

adj → malerisch; his painterly talents → seine Begabung als Maler; Magritte’s prosaic painterly style → Magrittes prosaischer Malstil; a painterly effect → ein gemalter Effekt