figurative
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His color palette also seemed “very saturated” in contrast to the East Coast’s colors, a nod to his studies of work by artists in the Bay Area Figurative Movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023
Figurative language: language that suggests special meanings or effects.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
One thing is clear: Figurative art came late in the history of our species.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018
The conversations inspired Furlani to apply to the Frink School of Figurative Sculpture in Longton, England, in 1997.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2018
Figurative Applications> One of the most interesting things to watch in the study of words is their development from a literal to a figurative application.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
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