figural
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Etymology
Origin of figural
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin figūrālis, equivalent to Latin figūra figure + -ālis -al 1
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Over half of the works Seurat produced before his death at age 31 were seascapes, and, unlike his figural canvases, were greeted enthusiastically by critics and viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
“The Last Shaman” shows some of his figural paintings from 1990 to 2010.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
"And yet here is another fact — Muslims have created and enjoyed figural representations of Muhammad throughout much of the history of Islam in some parts of the Islamic world."
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
Brooding, figural portraits, from artists like Jennifer Packer and Curtis Talwst Santiago, also beautifully evoke these feelings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
This is not figural: Aristotle’s works spent a couple hundred years in a cellar in what’s now western Turkey before someone dug them out in the first century bc.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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