figurative
ആലങ്കാരിക
definition
adjective
gold, in the figurative language of the people, was “the tears wept by the sun.”
departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
The standard was derived from the smaller figurative works on some of the larger paintings and then we kept to that.
(of an artist or work of art) representing forms that are recognizably derived from life.
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All these restrictions suggest that the country's newfound "sovereign "status is more 'figurative' than literal.
The standard was derived from the smaller 'figurative' works on some of the larger paintings and then we kept to that.
He was still a 'figurative' painter; he would not make the full leap into abstraction for almost another decade.
Using it is too much of a literal and 'figurative' headache, and if you get sloppy there's always the danger of nasty results.
Born in Spain, she has become a top 'figurative' artist who interprets the everyday world of Spanish women.
But there is a tendency toward abstraction even in 'figurative' painters here.
For example, is the term metaphor itself literal or 'figurative' ?
Freud is better known as a 'figurative' painter but his early paintings, often linear in character, owe much to his graphic work.
As well as 'figurative' work, Mary works on the landscape.
The son of a milkman, his grandmother provided early inspiration, a 'figurative' painter who copied the likes of Turner.
A 'figurative' remark takes on literal construction, a metaphor is concretized in fact.
The bust was sculpted by internationally-renowned 'figurative' artist Ian Walters.
On the contrary at any given point of time an abstract artist could do 'figurative' work.
The irony is that in the subsequent stories, so many are living in darkness, both 'figurative' and literal.
There is no irreducible core of 'literal' language from which ' 'figurative' usage' diverges.
When I was there they were very much into minimalism, and they felt that 'figurative' work was illustration, not art.
Although told that such usage might be metaphorical or 'figurative' , Tess is undeterred.
This balance results in 'figurative' works that communicate in a surprisingly forthright yet nuanced manner.
It would make his move towards a criticism of absolute time both 'figurative' and literal.
The city of New York has been an inspiration for 'figurative' painter Hector McDonnell.
They go there in search of excitement and electricity - in both a 'figurative' and a literal sense.
This second edition is not light reading, neither in the 'figurative' or literal sense.
A 'figurative' painter throughout his career, Beckmann depicted the world around him with an unparalleled intensity.
His powerful 'figurative' work has made him one of the foremost British artists of his generation.
Plenty of people are "married to their jobs" in a 'figurative' sense.
Duncan creates elegant female forms and her work is 'figurative' , though not representational.
The downstream effect in this case is both literal and 'figurative' .
The subject of her work is mostly 'figurative' in nature and is often that of people, especially children, she has encountered in her travels.
Nonetheless, I think that even Philippe's examples expose some risks of 'figurative' usage.
In consequence he thinks that excessive caution has characterized instruction in 'figurative' language.
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