Until the twentieth century, most paintings were representational. This means that artists “represented” their subjects in a way that was realistic and recognizable.
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Representational
Synonyms for "representational" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Adjective(10 words)
ambassadorialarchaeal community webceremonial pledgecongressionalcultural ambassadorcultural representationcultural symboldepictivedescriptive featuresdescriptive finding
Noun(4 words)
anatomical modelatomic modelchemical representationdutch symbolisch
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (26)
Noun(11 words)
emotion symbolic descriptorfigurative sculpturefigurative studyfigurative usageiconic greeklandscape studymental representationmodel buildingmodelingmodeling organism geneticsmodeling tools
Adjective(12 words)
figuralfigurativefigurative meaningfigurative termgraphicillustrativeillustrative exampleimagisticmentalmetaphoricmetaphorical labelsmirrorlike
Related words (42)
Noun(13 words)
modellingreenactingsolar-system scale modelsymbolic adjectivesymbolic codesymbolic mathsymbolic math toolssymbolic ordersymbolic reasoningsymbolic representationsymbolic representationstokenvisual metaphor
Adjective(19 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesrepresentational artrepresentational chartrepresentational drawingrepresentational imageryrepresentational maprepresentational painting
Inflections
2 entriesmore representationalmost representational
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
8 entriesSample sentences
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