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figurative 1. representing by means of an emblem, likeness, figure, etc. 2. (in painting, sculpture, etc.) of, relating to, or characterized by the naturalistic representation of the external world How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For more than fifty years I have been an outspoken champion of plotless, neoclassical ballet and nonliteral modern dance--yet there are times when I do feel that the design and even narrative can have a place to play in precisely the manner of the Diaghilev formula. The account in Sheard of the Tempesta as a poesia, "frugal in presentation, profligate in meaning," is in this sense exceptional; while arguing for the painting's autonomy and independence from "external texts," she concedes a capacity for nonliteral and allusive meaning which these other commentators would disallow. Neopagans and others take this nonliteral and eclectic approach and run with it, freely fusing classical mythologies, tribal spiritual practices, and even popular fiction, all of which would be mutually exclusive if they were regarded as, to borrow a phrase, the Gospel truth. |
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