painting

painting
n
1. picture, picturization, depiction, delineation, representation, portrayal, illustration; sketch, drawing, image, likeness; work, study, design, composition; work of art, object of art, Fr. objet d'art. masterpiece, masterwork, Archaic. master, chef-d'oeuvre, classic; portrait, portraiture, head, profile; canvas, oil painting, oil; water color, fresco, Fr. aquarelle; scene, view, scape, tableau, diorama, cyclorama, panorama, montage; landscape, seascape, waterscape; still life; miniature; mural, wall painting.
2. classicism, neoclassicism; romanticism; impressionism, post-impressionism, neo-impressionism; pointillism; symbolism; realism, surrealism; cubism; Dadaism; modernism; op art, optical art, pop art; photo realism; daubery, dabbling.
3. coloring, coloration, pigmentation, dyeing, staining; tinting, tincture; illumination, emblazonry; enameling, glazing, glossing; varnishing, shellacking, lacquering; priming, undercoating; Art. distemper, whitewashing, calcimining; fresco, fresco secco, dry fresco, secco, buon or true fresco.

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