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sculptured painting

sculptured painting noun: a painting in which materials are used to add relief in a third dimension.

Noun

sculptured painting (plural sculptured paintings)

  1. A painting in which materials are used to add relief in a third dimension.
    • A sculptured painting in the grand temple of Karnak furnishes the explanation; wherein they appear filled by great trees or masts, their elevation inferring they were spliced as our present masts.1824, Edward Upham, Rameses: an Egyptian tale, with historical notes of the era of the pharaohs, page 315

Forms of sculptured painting

pluralsculptured paintings

Questions about sculptured painting

What does sculptured painting mean?
Sculptured painting means a painting in which materials are used to add relief in a third dimension.
What part of speech is sculptured painting?
Sculptured painting is a noun.
What is the plural of sculptured painting?
The plural of sculptured painting is sculptured paintings.

Words near sculptured painting in the dictionary

  1. sculpturable
  2. sculptural
  3. sculpturally
  4. sculpture
  5. sculptured
  6. sculptured painting
  7. sculptured paintings
  8. sculptured tortoise
  9. sculptured tortoises
  10. sculpturelike
  11. sculpturer

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