FIGURATION Definition & Meaning

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figuration

[ fig-yuh-rey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of shaping into a particular figure.
the resulting figure or shape:
emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
the act of representing figuratively.
a figurative representation:
allegorical figurations.
the act of marking or adorning with a design.
Music.
1. the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
2. the figuring of a bass part.

figuration

/ ˌ��ɪɡəˈ��ɪʃə�� /

noun

music
1. the employment of characteristic patterns of notes, esp in variations on a theme
2. decoration or florid ornamentation in general
the act or an instance of representing figuratively, as by means of allegory or emblem
a figurative or emblematic representation
the act of decorating with a design

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of figuration¹

1400–50; late Middle English figuracioun < Latin �ھ��ū��پ�ō��- (stem of �ھ��ū��پ�ō ) “a shaping” ( figure ( def ) ) + -ion

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The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.

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Most often, though, these 172 artists showing with 89 exhibitors are taking big swings in lots of directions — severe abstraction, obsessive figuration, decaying sneakers — so that making a list of standouts was nearly impossible.

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Well before the current market craze over Black figuration, Thomas was exploring the Black female figure.

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“I don’t think it’s possible to have a conversation about figuration without going back to this very fecund moment of Black artistic development.”

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But I see these settings – and the characters who inhabit them – as figurations of death.

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