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Meanings of figurative art in English

Russian
фигуративизм
Portuguese
pintura figurativa
Spanish
arte figurativo
Catalan
art figuratiu
Wikidata

Art that depicts real object sources.

Related terms
фигуративизм
Synonyms
Examples for "representational art"
Examples for "representational art"
1
I'm more partial to uh, representational art, landscapes and stuff, you know?
Deadly little secrets
2
He sees no future whatever for realist or representational art.
The new yorker
3
Gustave Courbet was the iconoclast of representational art, smashing through the barrier of subject matter.
The Irish Times
4
Notably, the WPA made no distinction between representational art and abstract art, and therefore gave Jackson Pollock his lucky break.
The Irish Times
5
Such abstractions are relatively simple compared to representational art, which requires high levels of cognition to both conceive and make.
Wired
Usage of figurative art in English
1
From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art.
Wired
2
Writer tells about transferring from abstract to figurative art and says that murals are now out of fashion.
The new yorker
3
Established by Helen Lillias Mitchell, until last year the Golden Fleece Award was confined to craft and figurative art.
The Irish Times
4
The first concerns the form of figurative art specially adapted to the requirements of religious thought in the fourteenth century.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) / The Fine Arts
5
Unlike most of his famous contemporaries, Balthus remained faithful to figurative art and is renowned for his delicate depictions of people and animals.
The Irish Times
6
Paul has lately been granted her due as a soft-spoken star of British figurative art, "an artist like no other" according to the New Yorker.
The Guardian
7
The figurative arts need hardly be so cautioned.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
8
This led him to imagine that the figurative arts depend upon a principle which consists of conforming to a given line.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
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Translations for figurative art