picturesqueness

pic·tur·esque

P0291400 (pĭk′chə-rĕsk′)adj.1. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture: picturesque rocky shores.2. Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive: a picturesque French café.3. Strikingly expressive or vivid: picturesque language.

[Alteration of French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore, painter, from Latin pictor; see Pictor.]

pic′tur·esque′ly adv.pic′tur·esque′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	picturesqueness - the quality of being strikingly expressive or vividexpressiveness - the quality of being expressive
	2.	picturesqueness - visually vivid and pleasingbeauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

Translations

景色如画

picturesque

(piktʃəˈresk) adjective (of places) pretty and interesting. a picturesque village. 景色如画的，别致的 ˌpictuˈresquely adverb如画似地ˌpictuˈresqueness noun景色如画

Picturesqueness

in the visual arts, the dynamic interaction of shapes, volumes, areas of color, lines, and chiaroscuro. This interaction expresses a strong feeling of overall mobility, changeability, and diversity of appearance. Picturesqueness is expressed by the predominance of expressive color (in painting) and shading (in graphic art) over sharp delineation. In sculpture it is manifest in the gentle transitions, the interfusion, and the projection of volumetric forms in space. Picturesqueness in architecture is conveyed through asymmetry, separation of principal compositional elements, dynamics of form, and, sometimes, color and decor. In the broad sense of the work, picturesqueness comprises free, lively expressiveness, vivid figurativeness, and colorfulness.

REFERENCE

Wólfflin, H. Osnovnye poniatiia istorii iskusstv. Moscow-Leningrad, 1930. (Translated from German.)
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