pittura

painting

noun peet-TOO-rah Rare

Origin: From Latin pictura (painting), from pingere (to paint).

Also means

paint

Usage Note

Pittura is feminine (la pittura, pl le pitture). It denotes both the art of painting (la pittura ad olio = oil painting) and the substance paint itself (la pittura per le pareti = wall paint). To distinguish, dipinto or quadro is used for an individual painting (the artwork), while pittura is the medium or practice.

Examples

"La pittura ad acquerello richiede molta pratica."

Natural Translation

Watercolour painting requires a lot of practice.

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