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landscape
has definitions from the field of fine art
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[ noun ] an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The road leading south along the river was shaded with old trees , and in the moonlight the silvery landscape was like a setting for trolls and wood gods rather_than the Hudson_River Valley of his boyhood memories . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)But the shelter is as_much a part of my landscape as the beech and horse-chestnut trees that grow on the ridge . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art) a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
Synonyms Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)Roy_Mason is essentially a landscape painter whose style and direction has a kinship with the English watercolorists of the early nineteenth century , especially the beautifully patterned art of John_Sell_Cotman . His father , a professional engraver and an amateur landscape painter , took his sons on numerous hunting_expeditions , and imparted to them his knowledge and love of nature . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art) painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)By dealing with common landscape in an uncommon way , Roy_Mason has found a particular niche in American landscape art . And how very often a water plane is featured in his landscapes , and how appropriate that he should appear in American_Artist again , in his natal month of March ! Related terms |
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[ verb ] embellish with plants
Examples "Let's landscape the yard" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an extensive mental viewpoint
Examples "the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration" "we changed the landscape for solving the problem of payroll inequity" Related terms |
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