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Primary term

painting

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/12925 (opens semantic view)

Definition

Unique work in which the image is formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.

Definition source(s)

• Oxford University Press. 2003–2008. “Grove Art Online.” 2003–2008. http://www.groveart.com.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust, and Getty Research Institute. n.d. “Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online.” Accessed January 12, 2022. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/.
• Osborne, Harold. 1984. Oxford Companion to Art. Reprint of 1970 edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

English

Term (International)

painting

French

Term (International)

œuvre peinte

Term gender (International)

feminine

Alternative term(s)

ouvrage peint; peinture

Spanish

Term

pinturas (obra visual)

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Note(s)

• Catalogers should record information such as the support and medium in different fields (not in the Object Name field).

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2023-04-19

Parks Canada code(s)

• 08-00039

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Rolland-Thomas, Paule. n.d. “oeuvre.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed February 16, 2022. https://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17094812.

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URL

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