| 单词 | academy figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAcademy figure Academy figure n. (a) a human figure of a type traditionally drawn or painted as studies by students in academies of art, usually one drawn half-life-size in crayon or pencil from a nude model; (b) a figure drawn or painted in an academic style (see academic adj. 4). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > half-lifesize of nude Academy figure1715 1715 J. Richardson Ess. Theory of Painting 137 That this Maxim is true, will appear by an Academy Figure drawn by one ignorant in the Structure, and knitting of the Bones, and Anatomy, compar'd with another who understands these throughly. 1769 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. i I have seen also Academy figures by Annibale Caracci..drawn with all the peculiarities of an individual model. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 313 When a painter introduces a figure wanting in repose or in its parts inharmonious..it is at once called ‘Academic’, or an ‘Academy Figure’. 1921 G. C. Williamson Miniature Collector xi. 133 Cosway produced a Head of one of the Virtues done in chalk, Smart an Academy Figure in pencil, and both of them were said to be under fourteen years old at the time. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 9 Mar. 16 The best work in this downstairs ghetto is a charming half-draped nude, all flowing classical costume like a traditional academy figure, until you realise that it is just the costume and there is no figure inside. < as lemmas |
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