representational painting

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• painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …   Universalium

• representational — [[t]re̱prɪzente͟ɪʃən(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED In a representational painting, the artist attempts to show things as they really are. [FORMAL] His painting went through both representational and abstract periods …   English dictionary

• representational — rep|re|sen|ta|tion|al [ˌreprızenˈteıʃənəl] adj a representational painting or style of art shows things as they actually appear in real life = ↑figurative …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• representational — adjective a representational painting or style of art shows things as they actually appear in real life compare abstract 1 (3) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• Painting — For other uses, see Painting (disambiguation). The Mona Lisa, by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the world. Painting is the practice of applying paint, pig …   Wikipedia

• painting — noun 1 act of painting ADJECTIVE ▪ acrylic, oil, watercolour/watercolor ▪ miniature ▪ abstract, decorative, figurative, genre …   Collocations dictionary

• Painting style — In art and painting, style can refer either to the aesthetic values followed in choosing what to paint (and how) or to the physical techniques employed. An aesthetic movement such as Realism, Romanticism, Impressionism can promote an entire world …   Wikipedia

• representational — adj. Representational is used with these nouns: ↑art, ↑imagery, ↑painting …   Collocations dictionary

• History of painting — The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre historic humans, and spans all cultures. The history of painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and… …   Wikipedia

• Western painting — The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. [Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism (Paperback)by Bruce Cole, Simon and Shuster, 1981,… …   Wikipedia