- genre painting
- genre paintingn.painting in which subjects or scenes from everyday life are treated realistically
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genre painting
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genre painting — n. painting in which subjects or scenes from everyday life are treated realistically * * * Painting of scenes from everyday life, of ordinary people at work or play, depicted in a realistic manner. In the 18th century, the term was used… … Universalium
genre painting — noun a genre depicting everyday life • Hypernyms: ↑genre * * * ˈgenre painting 7 [genre painting] noun uncountable … Useful english dictionary
genre painting — n. genre scene, kind of painting that portrays everyday life … English contemporary dictionary
GENRE PAINTING — name given to paintings embracing figures as they appear in ordinary life and in ordinary situations … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Genre works — Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes … Wikipedia
genre — [zhän′rə] n. [Fr < L genus (gen. generis): see GENUS] 1. a kind, or type, as of works of literature, art, etc. 2. GENRE PAINTING adj. designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science… … English World dictionary
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
painting — Synonyms and related words: acrylic painting, aquarelle, calcimining, canvas, coating, coloring, covering, drawing, easel picture, enameling, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, finger painting, flower painting, fresco, fresco painting,… … Moby Thesaurus
genre scene — n. genre painting, kind of painting that portrays everyday life … English contemporary dictionary
genre — n. 1 a kind or style, esp. of art or literature (e.g. novel, drama, satire). 2 (in full genre painting) the painting of scenes from ordinary life. Etymology: F, = a kind (as GENDER) … Useful english dictionary
