figurative
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˈfɪɡjərətɪv/
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figurativo
- Stanley's imagery, along with the many other figurative works in the exhibition, emphasized the female body as an erotic object.
- figurative sculpture
- figurative art
- figurative carving
Of images doing and objects doing right that contain some kind of black female performance in it, figurative performance.
- Of images doing and objects doing right that contain some kind of black female performance in it, figurative performance.
Examples
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Now he was working into a more figurative mode, trying to use color with more finesse.
Fiction book (1999) -
Four brass heads support heavy ivory tusks; brass bells and other figurative sculptures complete the altar ensemble.
Academic text (1997) -
Well, I found the whole figurative art movement fascinating.
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In turn, the texts themselves offered images of the landscape through their figurative use of language.
Academic text (2012) -
Originally, he was an abstract painter, and then became more figurative.
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Davis himself offers classical figurative sculpture as an example.
Academic text (2017) -
Initially, he had a taste for wooden masks and figurative sculpture.
Academic text (1998) -
Nor did its cityscapes and landscapes appear in his work, even in the earliest figurative canvases.
Academic text (2008) -
The mainly abstract designs of homestead murals contrast with the figurative realism of urban community murals.
Academic text (2002) -
The gallery featured a stunning collection of figurative paintings depicting everyday life.
Synonyms
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6.7
Showing people or things so they look like real life
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8.2
Showing people or animals in art
Antonyms
How Figurative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Figurative comes from the Latin root figura, meaning 'shape' or 'form', and is the same root as figure. So figurative art shows real shapes like people or animals — real 'figures' you can recognize — rather than being abstract.