Below is a glossary article post in the category P which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Painting based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Painting
So, what is actually meant by Painting?
Painting is the practice of applying paint or other media to the surface, usually with a brush.
Explanation of Painting
In art, the term painting describes the act of painting, (using a brush or other tools, such as a palette knife, sponge, or airbrush to apply paint); and the results of the action – painting as an object.
Beginning of paintings
What we call art in all its forms – Painting, Statue, Drawing and Carving – Appears in groups of people around the world in a period known as the upper paleolithic, which is about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago. In Europe, sophisticated and strong paintings from this period have been found in caves like Lascaux in France. In 1994, maybe even more astonishing works were found in the Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche valley, also in France. Cave paintings consist of pigments like colored soil that is rubbed on a stone. In some cases they seem to have been mixed into pasta first. The paintings are mostly representing animals but there are some human images.
Since then painting has changed very little. Support evolved from the face of the stone, through the walls of the building, became portable paper, wood, and finally cloth, especially canvas. Various pigments are expanded through various earth and minerals, to plant modern synthetic extracts and colors. The pigment has been mixed with water and gum to make paint, but in the fifteenth century in Europe innovation using oil (flax seeds) produced new and durable media that played a major role in the explosion of creativity in Western paintings in The Renaissance and afterwards. At the same time the subject matter was expanded to embrace almost every aspect of life (genre).
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix P, as well as terms associated with P.
Meaning of Painting in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Painting.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Lukisan (Indonesian), Lukisan (Java), and Lukisan in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Lukisan.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Painting.
Hopefully this article post that we have shared can be useful and can broaden our insight and literacy, especially in Art.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix P. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=painting
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=painting
- View example images of painting through Google here
- View example images of painting on Bing here
- View example images of painting on Yandex here
