painted figure

collocation in English

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paint
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪnt/us
/peɪnt/
a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofpaintandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At the base apaintedfigureof a zodiacal man showed the relationship between the signs of the zodiac and parts of the human body.
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Only the carved andpaintedfigureof a bison ("illustration, right above") has remained in place.
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The overall impression of thepaintedfigurewas intended to be so horrific that believers would be in fear and terror.
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The crocodile etc. obviously used the floor trap, but was it an illusionisticallypaintedfigureworked with sticks, or a man in a crocodile suit?
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Hepaintedfigurecompositions, landscapes and architectural subjects, still lifes, and portraits; all in a style of romantic realism that fell outside the artistic mainstream of his time.
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The church's exterior is decorated with blind arches and colourful ornaments: glazed rosettes, suns, rhombs and other painted figures.
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Artistically carved and painted figures are placed in small niches.
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He specialized in sublime effigies of painted figures.
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In fact, inscriptions are quite rare and only ever used to name painted figures.
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Painted figures have been reported for both sides of the river...
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Sufficiently rapid rotation would give an impression of movement to the painted figures.
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It has over 2000 intricately sculpted and painted figures on all four sides.
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There were ten painted figures on the front of the building with further murals on the back.
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The rood screens themselves were sometimes demolished or cut down in height, but more commonly remained with their painted figures whitewashed and overpainted with religious texts.
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Gaulli's ceiling is a masterpiece of "quadratura" (architectural illusionism) combining stuccoed and painted figures and architecture.
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The painted figures are roughly life-sized.
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Euthymides was admired for his portrayal of human movement and studies of perspective, his painted figures being amongst the first to show foreshortened limbs.
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There is a spiral staircase leading to the top floor and upon each of the seven ceilings are carved and painted figures including animals, flowers, birds and characters.
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