painting

Từ điển Collocation

painting noun

1 act of painting

ADJ. acrylic, oil, watercolour | finger | miniature | abstract, decorative, figurative, genre, landscape, life, portrait, still-life, surrealist

VERB + PAINTING do I'll do some painting this afternoon. | take up When she retired she took up painting.

PAINTING + NOUN style, technique | course

PHRASES painting and decorating The firm specializes in painting and decorating.

2 picture

ADJ. fine, good, great | famous, well-known | valuable | original The design is based on an original painting by Matisse. | miniature | Cubist, Impressionist, Old Master, etc. | avant-garde | abstract, figurative, figure, genre, landscape, life, nude, still-life, surrealist | ceiling, fresco, wall | acrylic, gouache, oil, watercolour

QUANT. series | collection, exhibition

VERB + PAINTING do, execute, paint, work on Degas did several paintings of ballet dancers. | frame | hang, put up | display, exhibit, show | collect She collects paintings by nineteenth-century Australian artists. | clean, conserve, restore | copy, reproduce

PAINTING + VERB depict sb/sth, portray sb/sth, show sb/sth | hang His most famous paintings hang in the Tate Gallery.

PREP. in a/the ~ The woman in the painting is the artist's mistress. | ~ by a painting by Gauguin | ~ in a fine painting in oils | ~ of paintings of flowers
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ART WORKS:

of art a piece/work of art Michelangelo's Pietà is a magnificent work of art.

collect ~ She collects Jacobean portraits.

display, exhibit, show ~ The works will be displayed in the new wing of the museum.

~ be (put) on display/exhibition/show ~ go on display/exhibition/show paintings put on show for the first time The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.

house ~ An annexe was built to house the sculptures.

a series of ~ a series of paintings by Van Gogh

a collection/exhibition of ~ an exhibition of early 20th century French masterpieces

an art/photographic/photography exhibition The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.

by ~ a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; picture

    a small painting by Picasso

    he bought the painting as an investment

    his pictures hang in the Louvre

  • creating a picture with paints

    he studied painting and sculpture for many years

  • the act of applying paint to a surface

    you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush

  • the occupation of a house painter; house painting

    house painting was the only craft he knew

    n.

  • a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
  • (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; key

    he hit a jump shot from the top of the key

    he dominates play in the paint

  • makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks; rouge, blusher

    v.

  • make a painting

    he painted all day in the garden

    He painted a painting of the garden

  • apply paint to; coat with paint

    We painted the rooms yellow

  • make a painting of

    He painted his mistress many times

  • apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

paintings
syn.: house painting picturepaints|painted|painting
syn.: coat color cover decorate depict draft draw garnish picture portray represent sketch trim