figural
Showing human shapes
Figural relates to or represents the human figure, especially in visual art.
A figural sculpture depicts a person, as opposed to abstract or geometric forms.
The term distinguishes representational work from non-representational: The gallery featured both figural and abstract paintings.
In broader use, figural can mean symbolic or metaphorical rather than literal.
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- statuetteMiniature sculpted figure
- bustFailure or sculpture
- reliefEasing of distress
- carvingShaping by cutting away
bronze · marble · clay · terracotta · casting · modelling · armature · maquette
Being with body like ours
- anthropomorphicHaving human characteristics
- mannequinLife-sized display figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
avatar · personification · embodiment · bodily · corporeal · anatomical · gestural
Representation in art
- realismAccepting things as they are
- representationDepiction or likeness
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- portrayalDepiction of someone
naturalism · illusionism · mimesis · verisimilitude · rendering · imagery · pictorial · illustrative
Artistic rendering with deliberate conventions
- distortionTwisting from original state
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- nonobjectiveLacking depicted subject matter
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
cubism · surreal · expressionist · symbolic · geometric · decorative · ornamental · schematic
statue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
carving · bronze · marble · clay · terracotta · casting · modelling · armature · maquette · monument
humanoid
Being with body like ours
- anthropomorphicHaving human characteristics
- mannequinLife-sized display figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
dummy · avatar · personification · embodiment · bodily · corporeal · anatomical · gestural
depiction
Representation in art
- realismAccepting things as they are
- representationDepiction or likeness
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
portrayal · naturalism · illusionism · mimesis · verisimilitude · rendering · imagery · pictorial · illustrative · descriptive
stylization
Artistic rendering with deliberate conventions
- distortionTwisting from original state
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- nonobjectiveLacking depicted subject matter
nonrepresentational · cubism · surreal · expressionist · symbolic · geometric · decorative · ornamental · schematic · simplified
figuralabstract
Condensed version of text
nonrepresentational · nonfigurative · non-objective · nonobjective · geometric
figuralliteral
Meaning exactly what's said
denotative · nonfigurative · plain · direct · straightforward
figuralliteral
Meaning exactly what's said
historical · factual · surface-level · documentary · descriptive
- figure outDetermine through reasoning
- figured outUnderstood after effort
- figure it outDetermine through reasoning
- figuring outReaching understanding through thought
- stick figureSimplified human drawing
- father figureMale role model
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