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art figuratif [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Sculpture
DEF

art which represents its subject in an immediately recognizable manner.

OBS

Source for "representational art" and "representationalism": Reynolds, Kimberley and Richard Seddan. Illustrated Dictionary of Art Terms. London: Ebury Press, 1981, p. 144.

OBS

Although "figurative art" is often used interchangeably with "representational art", it is a relative term and may refer to art that merely contains some degree of representational form or recognizable images.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Sculpture
DEF

Art (...) exprimant le réel, restant fidèle aux formes et aux couleurs d'une réalité immédiatement identifiable.

Spanish

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