pittura
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Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]pittura f (plural pitture)
- painting
- Synonym: (the action of applying paint without any artistic intention) verniciatura
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Discussioni sulla preminenza della Pittura”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 137:
- La Pittura è una Poesia muta, e la Poesia è una Pittura cieca, e l’una e l’altra va imitando la natura quanto è possibile alle lor potenzie, e per l’una e per l’altra si può dimostrare molti morali costumi, come fece Apelle co’ la sua Calunnia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]pittura
- inflection of pitturare:
Anagrams
[edit]Maltese
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p-t-r |
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Sicilian pittura, from Latin pictura.
Noun
[edit]pittura f (plural pitturi)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the lemma.
Noun
[edit]pittura f
- (sometimes avoided) female equivalent of pittur (“painter”)
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- it:Art
- it:Gums and resins
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