A painting, drawing, sculpture, or other image of something, typically a person. Cf. likeness, n. 2a.
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation (126) ylikenesseOE A painting, drawing, sculpture, or other image of something, typically a person. Cf. likeness, n. 2a. likenessOE A painting, drawing, sculpture, or other image of something, typically a person. See also to take his (her, etc.) likeness at phrases 2b. anlikenessOE A portrait, statue, or other representation of a person or thing; spec. an image of God, or a god. ylikeOE Outward appearance, semblance, guise; concrete an image, a likeness. Cf. like, n.1 1. imagec1300 An artificial imitation or representation of something, esp. of a person or the bust of a person. Such an imitation delineated, painted, executed… acornc1388 spec. A representation of such a fruit; an object or decorative device resembling an acorn in shape; †(Nautical) = truck, n.2 2a (obsolete). portraiturea1393 The action or art of portraying a person or object; the representation of an object by painting, drawing, etc.; the genre or technique of… resemblancea1393 A representation or reproduction of a person or a thing; a likeness, an image. Obsolete. semblanta1400 A likeness or resemblance, an image or portrait (of). counterfeitc1400 An imitation or representation in painting, sculpture, etc.; an image, likeness, portrait. Obsolete. shapec1400 Impressed or represented form; a picture, image. Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). statuec1405 More generally: an effigy; an image, a portrait. Obsolete. representation1477 A depiction or portrayal of a person or thing, typically one produced in an artistic medium; an image, a model, a picture. presentationa1513 An image, a likeness (= presentment, n. 4a); a representation, a symbol. Now rare. presentment1535 The act of presenting something to sight or hearing, or something so presented. The representation of an object by a picture, image, or graphic… effigy1539 A likeness, portrait, or image. Now chiefly applied to a sculptured representation, or to a habited image, as in 2; also to a portrait on a coin; in… porture1542 A portrait, image, or effigy. express1553 A graphic representation, image; figurative a type, model (of virtues). effigium1564 = effigies, n. representance1565 = representation, n.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. designment1570 A drawing, sketch, or outline; the action or process of design, v. 15a. Obsolete. icon1572 An image, figure, or representation; a portrait; a picture, ‘cut’, or illustration in a book; esp. applied to the ‘figures’ of animals, plants… mimesisa1586 Imitation; spec. the representation or imitation of the real world in (a work of) art, literature, etc. effigies1615 A likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind. (Now superseded by effigy, n., except as humorously… expressurea1616 The action of expressing; = expression, n. in various senses. An image, picture; cf. express, n.2 3. represent1615 A representation; an image, an impression. signature1618 An image; a figure; an artistic representation. Obsolete. proportion1678 Form, shape; configuration (of the limbs of the body, etc.); a likeness, a figure. Obsolete (poetic in later use). representative1766 Something which depicts or portrays a subject. Obsolete. rare. rendering1825 Representation or reproduction in an artistic form; an instance or result of this, an artistic depiction. buggerlugs1839 In singular. Chiefly English regional (Dorset) and in form bugalug. A likeness or model of a person, typically a person who is hated; an effigy. Also… effigiation1876 The action of fashioning or of representing; chiefly concrete a likeness, representation. Subcategories:— the thing copied (2) — idealized (1) — accurate (2) — realistic (4) — grotesque (4) — of living thing (47) — religious (8) — others (26) |
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