单词 | painterly |
释义 | painterly (once / 62869 pages) adj Something that's painterly resembles or shares the qualities of a painting. You could admire the painterly style of your four year-old cousin's crayon picture of her cat. Painterly technique might include brush strokes, use of color, or the particular texture of a work of art. Something with painterly qualities might not even be a painting — it could be a photograph or a drawing that mimics the style of a painting. This adjective can also describe a person who see things the way a painter might, like your friend who snaps photos on her phone and is praised for her painterly eye. WORD FAMILYpainter: painterly, painters+/paint: paintable, painted, painter, painting, paints, repaint/paintable: unpaintable/painted: unpainted/painting: paintings/repaint: repainted, repainting, repaints USAGE EXAMPLESSeveral of the entries are reproductions of painterly originals, but the shiny surfaces are better suited to hard-edged images. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) When the monster returns, his tales are rendered in vivid, painterly animation. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) And really, cider is only part of the equation for a place like Castle Hill, with its temple-like white barn and painterly vistas. Washington Post(Dec 11, 2016) adj having qualities unique to the art of painting Syn aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
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