Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of representing historical subjects by painting; historical painting.
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Examples
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The upward path to higher genres of painting, with history-painting occupying the peak, was attainable only by improving nature's “imperfections,” “ugliness,” and “dispropor - tions” (words frequently found in idealist theories).
NEO-CLASSICISM IN ART DAVID IRWIN 1968
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Not contented, however, with the just reputation which he had acquired in his proper department, Hogarth attempted to shine in the highest branch of the art, -- serious history-painting.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency John Trusler
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