PAINTERLY Definition & Meaning

painterly

[ peyn-ter-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
Fine Arts. characterized by qualities of color, stroke, or texture perceived as distinctive to the art of painting, especially the rendering of forms and images in terms of color or tonal relations rather than of contour or line.

painterly

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adjective

having qualities peculiar to painting, esp the depiction of shapes by means of solid masses of colour, rather than by lines Compare linear
of or characteristic of a painter; artistic

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of painterly¹

First recorded in 1580–90; painter ¹ + -ly

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Goode’s painterly retort — still lifes that held the abstract and the figurative in taut equilibrium — brilliantly neutralized that argument, while adding depth to the object/image dichotomy.

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The painterly technique would inform later generations of artists like Édouard Manet, Cecilia Beaux and John Singer Sargent.

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You know you’re in for something different from the opening frames as the film’s painterly look is revealed.

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“Waiting for the Dawn” is an evocative picture book that uses poetic language and powerful, painterly illustrations to explore the effects of fires.

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“The animation quality that they’ve achieved, that painterly feeling, makes it feel nostalgic and futuristic at the same time. It’s quite stunning.”

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