The term "figurative art" is often taken to mean art which represents the human figure, or even an animal figure.
Figurative art is itself based upon a tacit understanding of abstracted shapes: the figure sculpture of Greek antiquity was not naturalistic, for its forms were idealized and geometric.
The body is broken down into tone shape lighting.
Augustus john - sketches
Geen John - portraits
Andy warhol, controversial work
Lovis corinth
Georg baselliz
Francoise nelli
I would like to keep to my favourite aspect of art and that's working with the figure, as this is form is clear the most recognizabe, and this is a really interesting thing to manipulate to form alsorts of shapes and shadows. I like working the figure due to the fact I feel that this is one of the most complicated things to work with as when drawing it you have to take so much into account such as Shapes tone lighting no foreshortening of the body. But I feel that the figure needs to be acurate to reprent the attributes correctly, so personal I prefer work that is realistic rather that jestulal or expressive, but then that doesn't mean that I don't like it when they are put together.
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