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limning::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | delineation, depiction, line drawing |
| Type of | drawing |
| Has types | animalization |
Examples of limning
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Limning, as painting was called, was a trade, like ropemaking or wheelwrighting.
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Limning my husband's fingernails and encrusting the children's knees and hair.
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Schiff is especially skilled at limning the social contours of the story.
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Art was held to be frivolous, even sacrilegious, except for sign painting and portrait limning.
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At the time, Nicholas Hilliard was the leading artist in limning, the painting of portrait miniatures.
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The ensemble's new principal oboist, Jessica Pearlman, made a strong impression in her solos, limning creamy curves.
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During his second stay in England, Holbein learned the technique of limning, as practised by Lucas Horenbout.
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In limning Aura's growing pains, Dunham has put her own behind her as she steps into what looks like the beginning of a brilliant career.
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Miller's limning of London in 1763 and 1764, with its acrid stenches and incessant rains, has the picturesque grunge of a Hogarth sketch.
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- Delineate: trace the shape of
- Portray: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- (limning) delineation: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. ...
- To draw or paint; delineate; To describe; To illuminate, as a manuscript
- (limned) described or represented in a lifelike manner
- (Limning) An archaic term meaning to draw or paint. Used particularly with reference to manuscript illumination and miniature painting,
- Or limni- or limno- [from Greek limne shallow lake] Freshwater lakes/ponds (limnology, limnoplankton).
