Below you will find example sentences with "history painting". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

History Painting in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 9
  • Discovered as a combination around: painting
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.4 words

Words in this phrase

history painting

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • history can mean: The aggregate of past events. Common word
  • painting can mean: An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

an allegorical history painting which she 1× and american history painting penn state 1× considered but history painting is excluded 1× debates over history painting at a 1× group of history painting restricted to 1× history painting was the 1× of all history painting 1× popular but history painting traditionally the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all other genres 1× grand themes emanuel 1× history painting was 1× portraiture were also 1× she submitted numerous 1× the terms began 1×

Common sentence endings:

all history painting 1× as minor categories 1× bringing back prosperity 1× historical subjects dominated 1× its normal sense 1× of intense sectionalism 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

historical 3× subjects 3× form 3× considered 3× terms 2× 19th 2× century 2× grand 1× themes 1× emanuel 1× leutze 1× washington 1×

Related phrases

credit history face painting american history black history history month natural history chat history

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around painting:

face painting 17×

Just before it in the phrase index:

history month historically low historically high historically black historical society historical sites

Just after it in the phrase index:

hitting coach hitting streak hitting theaters hockey association hockey club hockey federation

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

history month

Same ending:

face painting

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "history painting" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as an allegorical history painting which she, and american history painting penn state, historical, subjects and form stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with credit history, face painting, american history and face painting, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with history painting

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

According to André Félibien allegory was the highest form of all history painting. (13 words)

Portraiture were also popular, but history painting – traditionally the most-elevated genre struggled to find buyers. (16 words)

All other genres are deemed capable of entering, in one form or another, the 'pantheon' of modernity considered, but History Painting is excluded". (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Grand Themes: Emanuel Leutze, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and American History Painting (Penn State University Press; 2012) 240 pages; Argues that the painting was a touchstone for debates over history painting at a time of intense sectionalism. (37 words)

The terms Initially, "history painting" and "historical painting" were used interchangeably in English, as when Sir Joshua Reynolds in his fourth Discourse uses both indiscriminately to cover "history painting", while saying ". (31 words)

The terms began to separate in the 19th century, with "historical painting" becoming a sub-group of "history painting" restricted to subjects taken from history in its normal sense. (29 words)

Example sentences (9)

Grand Themes: Emanuel Leutze, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and American History Painting (Penn State University Press; 2012) 240 pages; Argues that the painting was a touchstone for debates over history painting at a time of intense sectionalism.

The terms Initially, "history painting" and "historical painting" were used interchangeably in English, as when Sir Joshua Reynolds in his fourth Discourse uses both indiscriminately to cover "history painting", while saying ".

The terms began to separate in the 19th century, with "historical painting" becoming a sub-group of "history painting" restricted to subjects taken from history in its normal sense.

History painting was the dominant form of academic painting in the various national academies in the 18th century, and for most of the 19th, and increasingly historical subjects dominated.

According to André Félibien allegory was the highest form of all history painting.

All other genres are deemed capable of entering, in one form or another, the 'pantheon' of modernity considered, but History Painting is excluded".

At a time when history painting was considered the supreme classification for public art, Chardin's subjects of choice were viewed as minor categories.

Portraiture were also popular, but history painting – traditionally the most-elevated genre struggled to find buyers.

She submitted numerous portraits along with an allegorical history painting which she considered her morceau de réception – La Paix qui ramène l'Abondance (Peace Bringing Back Prosperity).