Art in Context - Images > Painting. Margarita Georgiadis. Risking Enchantment, 2009, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm.
The Unraveling, 2009, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm. Time And The Bell, 2009, oil on linen, 102 x 102 cm. Time Past, 2009, oil on canvas, 46 x 46 cm. Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Figurative art. Ein Meerhafen ("A Seaport"), a figurative landscape by the Austrian artist Johann Anton Eismann (1604–1698), which depicts buildings, people, ships, and other features that can be distinguished individually; by contrast, the abstract landscape below suggests its subject matter without directly representing figures Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world.[1] Painting and sculpture can therefore be divided into the categories of figurative, representational and abstract, although, strictly speaking, abstract art is derived (or abstracted) from a figurative or other natural source.
However, "abstract" is sometimes used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, i.e. art which has no derivation from figures or objects. Figurative art is not synonymous with "art that represents the human figure," although human and animal figures are frequent subjects. Unknown Editors. People. Figuratively Speaking: Figures & Forms Collection. Buy Original Digital Art, Drawing, Painting, Photography And Art Prints Online. Steampunk Neo Victorian by mizzd-stock on deviantART. Figure Drawing Basics. Figurative Artists Directory - focus on the human form. Examples of the Human Figure in Art.