word painting
Example Sentences
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They assiduously avoid the “I” word, painting the committee’s work as garden-variety oversight.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
In typical fashion, Handel uses word painting to reinforce the message, sending the vocal part through elaborate undulating runs on the word “changed.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
Accredited institutions are invited, even encouraged, to borrow, say, a simple Christopher Wool word painting or a monumentally complex tapestry of woven metal bits by El Anatsui.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2015
Even higher was the $29.9 million paid by a telephone bidder against determined opposition from the New York dealer Philippe Ségalot for the American artist Christopher Wool’s monumental 1990 black and white word painting, “Riot.”
From New York Times ● May 13, 2015
Many lyrics are merely examples of word painting.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
