figurative element

collocation in English

meaningsoffigurativeandelement

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figurative
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ə.tɪv/
(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition offigurativeandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Images that contained both literal and figurative elements received the next highest score, followed by those that were entirely literal.
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It is intriguing that, despite instructions to focus on the literal meanings of the idioms, both groups of adults often included figurative elements in the images they described.
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The main mosaic is almost 7 metres square and has a complicated geometrical design, including some stylized figurative elements such as leaves, cups and dolphins.
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In the 1950s he began to experiment with non-figuration, but was unable to relinquish his attachment to figurative elements.
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He later returned to using color and reintroduced figurative elements.
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Sternschuss, for example, described the pressure that was put upon members of the group not to include figurative elements in their art.
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Her work focuses on the relationships between people and their surroundings while her subject matters often include architectural and figurative elements.
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His painted work contains figurative elements as well as free improvisations and abstract elements.
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These figurative elements are attached to the formal, abstract, structures that make up the other portion of the sculpture.
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These articles reflect the elimination of figurative elements from his painting.
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The characteristic features of his painting are the figurative elements in his abstract images, often with mystical surfaces of emptiness.
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Her paintings incorporate figurative elements as well as surreal subjects and still life images.
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Colorful pattern fields combined with figurative elements and subtle narratives characterize her paintings.
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He utilizes simple formal structures which emphasize the materiality of painting, and his works alternate between or combine both abstract and figurative elements.
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His last works reincorporate figurative elements, which he never left completely behind.
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This creature is one of the very few figurative elements that can be found in the architect's designs.
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From 1593 until 1640, organization of the urbanistic, architectural and figurative elements was carried out in the elevated zone.
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Metaphor of this light gives magical, surreal meaning to figurative elements in his paintings.
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Vlady experimented with abstract elements but still keep a number of figurative elements such as the rays of the sun, sand, waves, etc.
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