painting

Noun
  1. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface (synset 103882197)
    "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
    is a type of: graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • icon, ikon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
    • landscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
    • illumination, miniature - 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
    • seascape, waterscape - 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
    • water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour - a painting produced with watercolors
    same as: picture
  2. Creating a picture with paints (synset 100938436)
    "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
    is a type of:
    subtypes:
    • 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
  3. The act of applying paint to a surface (synset 100718460)
    "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
    is a type of: application, coating, covering - the work of applying something
    subtypes:
  4. The occupation of a house painter (synset 100610504)
    "house painting was the only craft he knew"
    is a type of: craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation
    is a part of: building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
    same as: house painting

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