as in canvas
a picture created with oil paint
the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile
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as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words
the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean
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as in staining
to give color or a different color to
I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
Isabella Dalla Ragione studies Renaissance paintings, but not the way most art historians do.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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The painting up for sale at Sotheby’s depicts Alan Turing, the English mathematician and Second World War cryptanalyst who is remembered as a pioneer in AI and computer science.
—Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Those beloved paintings and prints of mothers and children were almost too successful.
—Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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The Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, which was created by the Royal Decree of April 12, 1752, is made up of 56 full academics in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, music, cinema, graphic art, photography, design and art history and theory.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
Isabella Dalla Ragione studies Renaissance paintings, but not the way most art historians do.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Related article The rise of the AI beauty pageant and its complicated quest for the ‘perfect’ woman
The painting up for sale at Sotheby’s depicts Alan Turing, the English mathematician and Second World War cryptanalyst who is remembered as a pioneer in AI and computer science.
—Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Those beloved paintings and prints of mothers and children were almost too successful.
—Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painting. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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