figurative sculpture

collocation in English

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figurative
adjective
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/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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sculpture
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈskʌlp.tʃər/us
/ˈskʌlp.tʃɚ/
the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in ...
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Beyond this, we can ask whatfigurativesculpturegave abstract architects, and why they used it.
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He works primarily onfigurativesculpturein clay within the neoclassical tradition.
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In recent years, however, the artist has broadened his formal reach to include print-making as well asfigurativesculpture.
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The external frieze often contained a continuous band offigurativesculptureor ornament, but this was not always the case.
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This is expressed primarily in her display offigurativesculpturewith curved lines.
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From this period, it has been inferred that the city had a significant impact on the development offigurativesculptureelsewhere in the country.
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These artistic and aristocratic connections would serve her well in the otherwise notoriously male preserve offigurativesculpture.
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He creates mainlyfigurativesculpturein clay and bronze.
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It features articles about the history offigurativesculptureand sculptors as well as current artists and trends.
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Only the faade on the east side was to have any decoration in the form offigurativesculptureand architectural elements.
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Chin created a three-dimensionalfigurativesculptureemploying 19th century fabrication techniques, conjoined with space-age materials.
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The theater space is dominated by a massive aluminum and glass panel chandelier under a blue vault, and the proscenium arch is decorated with gildedfigurativesculpture.
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It is concerned withfigurativesculpture.
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Painting in fresco, illuminated manuscripts and on wood panel and, especially in earlier periods, mosaic were the main media, andfigurativesculpturevery rare except for small carved ivories.
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While "ngesh" are rarely represented byfigurativesculpture, they are thought to be personified in masquerade figures, which are in turn empowered by these nature spirits.
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From the beginning he focused on realisticfigurativesculpture, mostly life-sized and processed in a cast, but especially in burnt umber, raw or glazed ceramic clay.
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Particularly strong in this tradition werefigurativesculpturein terracotta (particularly life-size on sarcophagi or temples) and cast bronze, wall-painting and metalworking (especially engraved bronze mirrors).
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Stadtbumer is known for her realistic, figurative sculptures.
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It pioneered the design and production of innovative figurative sculptures for use as visual storytelling elements within museum settings during the 1970s.
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