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Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa, a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

A painting was a type of artwork, usually a two-dimensional image crafted on a canvas with pigments. (VOY novel: Mosaic)

Media included watercolor, oil, and light. (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Officer's Manual)

Related art forms included murals and frescos. Sand was used in sand painting. Holography was used in airpainting[1], Betazoid mood-paintings[2], and Aneurian mood paintings[3].

Specifics[]

BridgeOverAPoolOfWaterLilies

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, a painting by Claude Monet.

Vulcan painting usually aimed to evoke serenity. T'rel was known for her watercolor painting. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans)

Early Romulan abstract art was inspired by mathematics. (TOS novel: The Romulan Way) Later, the Firefalls of Gal'Gathong and other landmarks became popular painting subjects on Romulus. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of D'era: The Romulan Star Empire)

The Louvre in Paris on Earth displayed museum masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, as well as the works of Titian, Rembrandt, and Bolian veritist Lok Ketsral. (Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth) In 2380, it held an exhibit of newly-found paintings by D'Mack of Vulcan. (VOY novel: Full Circle)

History[]

20th century[]

Walls of the Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder editorial offices were decorated with paintings and drawings that had been published in the magazine. Roy Ritterhouse brought several paintings one day, one of which inspired Benny Russell to write about Deep Space 9. (DS9 episode & novelization: Far Beyond the Stars)

Roberta Lincoln watched a three year old Augment child accurately recreate the Mona Lisa from memory with watercolors. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)

22nd century[]

In 2152, Hoshi Sato and Charles Tucker III made records of various art and paintings found in a four thousand year old building, but had to depart by transporter when an approaching polaric energy storm approached. (ENT episode: "Vanishing Point")

23rd century[]

In the 2250s, Chief Alun Fifield kept a painting of the Earth-Romulan War's Battle of Upsilon Andromedae in his office at Starfleet Academy. (TOS novel: Academy: Collision Course)

Nyota Uhura considered French impressionists as the greatest painters who had ever lived. (TOS novel: The Starless World)

In 2268, Commodore Favere adorned the corridors of Starbase 12 with paintings and other artifacts from the Ancient West. (TOS novel: The Starship Trap)

In 2268, Leonard McCoy kept a painting of a Georgia antebellum mansion in his quarters. (TOS novel: Faces of Fire)

In 2268, Spock identified a number of authentic paintings by da Vinci, Reginald Pollock, and Sten in the immortal Flint's home on Holberg 917G. Flint claimed to have been da Vinci. (TOS - Star Trek 5 novelization: Requiem for Methuselah)

In 2270, Lisa Nguyen bought a painting of wild horses in a desert setting at sunset from a vendor at Starbase 9. (TOS novel: Bloodthirst)

In 2274, Clara Mandeville kept a reproduction of an oil painting of the RMS Titanic aboard her quarters on the Soroya. (TOS novel: Ice Trap)

In the 2280s, sickbay and various quarters aboard USS Hastings were decorated with paintings by CMO Lisa Tremaine. She enjoyed painting landscapes of worlds visited by the starship. (FASA RPG module: Demand of Honor)

Room R10 of the Starfleet Museum on Memory Alpha contained artistic renderings of battles from the Four Years War. (FASA RPG module: Old Soldiers Never Die)

At a spaceport, Nyota Uhura and Pavel Chekov once visited a gallery that artfully hid animals and people's faces within landscape paintings. Uhura thought they were clever, but they bothered Chekov. (ST - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)

24th century[]

Bhala1

City of B'hala.

A large painting of Richard Daystrom adorned the main atrium of Alpha Sigma IX's annex of the Daystrom Institute. (NF novel: Stone and Anvil)

Deanna Troi and William Riker developed their relationship on Betazed starting with a nameless abstract painting Riker described as having "goopy" swirls. (TNG novels: Imzadi, Triangle: Imzadi II)

In the 2360s, Phoebe Janeway studied painting and fine arts. (VOY novel: Mosaic) Painting eventually became her career. (VOY novel: Protectors)

In 2368, Libby Lattimore's paintings were showcased at an art gallery on Market Street in San Francisco. Her canvases ranged from tiny to wall-sized. (VOY novel: Pathways)

Prior to 2372, Ekoria's husband painted two images of how the Teplan homeworld looked prior to the arrival of the Teplan blight, once on canvas and again on a mural. (DS9 episode: "The Quickening")

In 2372, t'Saiga advised Data that, in order to take up painting again, he should delete his composite analysis of the works of 500 artists including Michelangelo, Claude Monet, and da Vinci. Padraig Daniels and t'Saiga described art as a result of subjective interpretation and emotional impression. Without the dataset as a starting point, Data painted Spot 68 times. Though he hadn't been satisfied, Daniels thought all were excellently done. (TNG - Slings and Arrows eBook: The Oppressor's Wrong)

Tora Ziyal once crafted a prize-winning painting. Her father gave it to Weyoun in 2374, but the Vorta genetically lacked the ability to appreciate its artistry. (DS9 episode: "Favor the Bold") After the Dominion War, a portfolio of her paintings was salvaged from underground archives at the Cardassia Institute of Art, only to be vandalized while on display at Deep Space 9. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novels: This Gray Spirit, Cathedral)

Morn won a painting of a bull fighter at an auction at Quark's in 2374. (DS9 episode: "In the Cards") He hid an access chip inside it, which Quark later discovered. (DS9 episode: "Who Mourns for Morn?")

In 2375, Benyan painted a portrait of his Bajoran cult leader Skrain Dukat. (DS9 episode: "Covenant")

Groups of paintings in an archive on Stratos were key to unlocking a schematic of the city. Two, including As Above, were booby trapped. In 2377, the archive was visited by an away team from the USS da Vinci. (SCE eBook: Signs from Heaven)

In 2381, Brad Boimler and Sam Rutherford argued about whether to decorate their quarters with a watercolor or an oil painting of the USS Enterprise-D. (LD episode: "Something Borrowed, Something Green")

Alternate realities[]

World Razer painting

CSS World Razer painting.

In an alternate timeline where Leonard McCoy saved the life of Edith Keeler, for a first wedding anniversary gift in 1955, McCoy commissioned a painting of himself and Lynn Dickenson taking their vows. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)

In an alternate reality in which Lal survived, she painted in various styles, including impressionism. Data most prized her paintings of him and Noonien Soong. (ST - Myriad Universes - Shattered Light novella: The Embrace of Cold Architects)

Jean-Luc Picard displayed his former ready room painting of the USS Enterprise-D at Chateau Picard after he retired from Starfleet. In an alternate timeline where the Confederation of Earth formed, the painting was of the CSS World Razer. (PIC episode: "Penance")

In fiction[]

In the Centauran holonovel The Doom That Came to Korath, King Korvos owned a large painting depicting his dynasty founder and queen just prior to him beheading a group of prisoners. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Holodeck Adventures)

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References[]

  1. ↑ DS9 - YA novel: The Star Ghost
  2. ↑ Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook
  3. ↑ DS9 novel: The Laertian Gamble

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