painterly
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.
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How to use painterly in a sentence
It’s my choice because of the awe-inspiring details and the painterly quality of the composition.
It then combined that analysis with an automated search of the photography website Flickr to help it generate painterly collages in the mood of the original article.
Artificial intelligence challenges what it means to be creative | Richard Moss | February 17, 2022 | Science NewsAfter peeling back the male petals to uncover a pollen-dusted part, she brushes it across the female’s orange ovary with a painterly stroke.
Indigenous farmers are ‘rematriating’ centuries-old seeds to plant a movement | Kalen Goodluck | February 10, 2022 | Popular-ScienceRegal in posture, resplendent in jewel-toned gowns and framed by painterly cinematography, this Anne is as unforgettable as she is unconventional.
5 Great New December 2021 TV Shows to Binge Over the Holidays | Judy Berman | December 23, 2021 | TimeThe ironic painterly stroke and the disembodied functional object are a perfect Pop pair.
15 Most Bonkers Chairs at Pop Art Design in London | Chloë Ashby | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Whatever else anyone may say about him, he had probably the most painterly eye of any movie director.
Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan | Malcolm Jones | February 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTogether, they're a portrait of Hopper—an assortment of memories and places organized around his cinematic and painterly eye.
British Dictionary definitions for painterly
/ (ˈpeɪntəlɪ) /
having qualities peculiar to painting, esp the depiction of shapes by means of solid masses of colour, rather than by lines: Compare linear (def. 5)
of or characteristic of a painter; artistic
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