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‖ paysage Obs. exc. as Fr.|peizaʒ| Also 7–8 paisage, 7 piesage. [F. paysage, f. pays country: see -age.] a. A representation of rural scenery. b. A rural scene, landscape.
1611Cotgr., Païsage, Paisage, Landskip, Countrey-worke; a representation of fields, or of the countrey, in painting, &c. 1653Gloria & Narcissus i. 248 A delightfull piesage, where many flockes of sheep seemingly, pastured by a goodly river side. 1661Evelyn Diary 9 Aug., Some incomparable paisages done in distemper. 1720Pope Iliad xviii. V. 1454 (Observ. Shield Achilles) Between the Siege in the fourth Picture, and the Battel in the sixth, a piece of Paisage is introduced. [1823Scott Quentin D. Introd., The paysage was rather like Fontainebleau than the wilds of Callander. 1883H. James Portr. Places xviii. 344 A paysage which is two-thirds ocean.] Hence paysagist |ˈpeɪzədʒɪst| [F. paysagiste], a landscape-painter.
1816Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 78 Few Paysagists of the present school handle the brush..with less quackery. 1886Art Age IV. 42 (Cent.) The lists are now open to some clever paysagist to prove that his art is the supreme flower of all. |