figurative
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In the figurative paintings of Veronica Fernandez’s first solo exhibition, “Prey,” the artist’s childhood is recalled through dreamlike and fantastical scenes, with memories filtered through experience and emotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
"The most important centre of Islamic civilisation in the 15th century endorsed figurative art," he added.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
And this episode in the three-part Vice sports series “Out of Bounds” will likely have the effect of a figurative custard pie in the face of the heavily armed and coercive DraftKings-FanDuel-powered juggernaut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Along with very old figurative and narrative paintings from Sulawesi, a new consensus is being shaped; that there was a much deeper and more widespread story of creativity, Aubert told BBC News.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
So crowded is our stock of figurative language that every profession—legal, corporate, fashion, artistic, literary, and so on—seems to have a collection all its own.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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