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Figurative painting

LC control no.sh 89000109
Topical headingFigurative painting
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Variant(s)Figural painting
Representational painting
See alsoFigurative art
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Painting
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Found inLC database, Dec. 29, 1988 (figurative painting)
Arnason, H.H. History of modern art: p. 521 (Figuration can refer not only to the human (or animal) figure rendered in some degree explicitly but also to the implication of figures in abstract works)
Lahti, N.E. Plain talk about art, 1994 (Representational painting: the depiction of a recognizable subject. It may or may not be realistic)
Duro, P. Essential art history, c1992: p. 250 (Representational painting: paintings that adopt a figurative approach to subjects)
Sims, E. Peerless images : Persian figural painting and its sources, c2002: CIP data sheet.