Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: house painting, picture

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

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