figuration
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7.8
- noun
- /fɪˈɡjʊəˌreɪʃən/
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figuración
- The artist used figuration to create stunning patterns in her latest sculpture.
Maybe try to bring out a little melody within the figuration, like a little game you can play on that Radiohead tune.
- Maybe try to bring out a little melody within the figuration, like a little game you can play on that Radiohead tune.
Examples
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Cohen: Well, the Eiffel Tower is a reminder of the rejection of figuration in architecture and is a token of bravery that can be stimulating in the present.
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And that's where I feel like figuration starts to create great nuance and maybe gets to a greater precision.
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It's fortune at the wheel, but it's a figuration that in many ways it needs some some explaining.
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Can we talk about a return to figuration when it comes to Picabia?
Academic text (2003) -
Maybe try to bring out a little melody within the figuration, like a little game you can play on that Radiohead tune.
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Furthermore, her work deserves to be understood not only within this historical trajectory of an emergent feminist art but also as a resonant contribution to contemporary aesthetic debates about figuration and abstraction and the nature of the erotic in art.
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In architecture, figuration can help designers emphasize the shape and flow of a building.
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The figuration in this painting showcases intricate details that draw the viewer's eye.
Synonyms
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3.3
A pattern or picture used to decorate a surface
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4.0
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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3.2
Shaping soft material like clay into a statue or rough copy used as a guide
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6.7
A drawing that shows the outlines or shapes of things
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4.5
Making repeated designs on a surface, like cloth or walls
Designing repeated decorations for fabric or wallpaper
A simple drawing that shows the outer lines of an object like a face or building
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
figuration = figure (transparent) = figur + ation
The word is a regular noun formation from figure plus -ation, and the meaning follows directly from the idea of making or presenting figures or shapes.
Etymology
Figuration comes from the Latin figura meaning 'shape' or 'form', the same root as the everyday word figure. So figuration is about making shapes, patterns, or forms in art and design.