figural
IPA: fɪgjˈʊrʌɫ
adjective
- Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
- Figurative, not literal.
- (mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.
- (rare) Pertaining to (human) figures.
- (music) Figurate.
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Examples of "figural" in Sentences
- Be sure to check out the pair of Art Deco figural sconces and the delightful 1950s Italian pottery bookends.
- New lines of bust-style banks and unarticulated figural banks will begin in 2008, blending detailed action-packed sculpts with traditional bank designs.
- The disciplined artist allows the work itself to find what it will say; its meaning will develop "organically," not as the figural rendering of the artist's "intention."
- The coherent scenic space and figural focal points which remain are yet more densely encircled and perforated by painterly forces that counteract their legibility, leaving the viewing experience characteristically unstable.
- This incised brass tray was described by its owner as a Benares tray, but it is thought the scalloped cavetto concave moulding and figural decoration mean it is more likely the work of the Jaipur school of art in Rajasthan, India, dating from 1890-1900.
- This keenness for geometry grows out of a fascination with mathematics—initiated by Muslim Abbasid rulers 750-1258 and exemplified by a case with astrolabes as well as astronomical and astrological illustrations—and a rejection of figural imagery in religious settings.
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