Painterly

Word PAINTERLY
Character 9
Hyphenation paint er ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Painterly"

What do we mean by painterly?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic. adjective

Having qualities unique to the art of painting. adjective

Of, relating to, or being a style of painting marked by openness of form, with shapes distinguished by variations of color rather than by outline or contour. adjective

Like a painter. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i.

Like a painter's work. adjective

Characteristic of a painter or paintings. adjective

Having clear brush-strokes. adjective

Having qualities unique to the art of painting adjective

Characteristic of a painter or paintings.

(of a painting) Having clear brush-strokes.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Painterly

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The word "painterly" in example sentences

But now rehabilitation is complete and we see Sargent as an exultant master of characterisation and empathy, of colour and light, of shadow and the contre-jour effect (the subject seen against the light), and of the fat substantial paint to which the word painterly properly belongs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although Allard is considered a documentary photographer, this is an example of what photo critics would call "painterly" - a word usually reserved for fine art, not necessarily photojournalism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps the biggest challenge comes when the experts in Chinese classical art sit down with the experts in American painterly modernism to hash out their discreetly entwined artistic legacies still much in denial by both camps. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2011)

Hals makes his loose, gestural approach, termed "painterly" by the Swiss-German art historian Heinrich Wölfflin, look so effortless that it is often assumed that he worked quickly, making what would now be called "one shot" paintings; in fact, he built up his vibrant images with traditional layering techniques, trusting—just as Rubens, his near-contemporary and fellow master of the painterly, did—that his last flourishes would bring the result to vivid life. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

His films have also been called painterly and - with their present-at-the-creation intimations of organic and molecular forms, solar flares and shifting planetary bodies - cosmological. ❋ By MARGALIT FOX (2011)

The way the vocals are smeared against the instruments strikes me as painterly, which is appropriate given Marzette was a great visual artist as well as musician. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They are the same kind of painterly flowers that have over-grown on my button down shirt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His art may indeed be "unsettling," but this by no means constitutes evidence of any kind whatever about Rubens's "feelings," his "hungers," or even his "taste" for anything other than his own kind of painterly imagery. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nor should the influence of Norman Raeben be forgotten: he taught Dylan painting in 1974 and "some of the stanzas" on some of the songs featured on the tour are "painterly". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some might interpret the show as a contemporary tribute to what the Swiss art historian Heinrich Wölfflin called "painterly" painting — as opposed to "linear" painting — when he characterized the differences ­between lush Venetian oil painting and crisp Florentine tempera and fresco. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The molded plywood for the famous chairs is used, as well, in a Quadriflex stereo speaker, which is itself -- a circle within a box, within another box -- a kind of painterly abstraction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a world of difference between what Tor art director Irene Gallo has done with John Scalzi's Old Man's Warcovers - which do indeed feature spaceships and planets, albeit beautifully rendered in John Harris 'very "painterly" style - and the sort of archetypal cheesy metal bikini and Bug Eyed Monster cover that is sometimes associated with the worst of genre illustration. ❋ Lou Anders (2007)

They're much easier to mix and work on the canvas compared to acrylics, and I love the fact that suddenly I feel I'm being more 'painterly' with my style and approach. ❋ Zillabob (2008)

Really got into the "painterly" textures on the birds. ❋ William Wray (2008)

I made it very loose and "painterly". posted by Bob Eggleton Zillabob | 3:05 PM ❋ Zillabob (2007)

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