Sean Scully, “Eleuthera” (2017), oil on aluminum, 85 x 75 inches (all images © Sean Scully, all images courtesy the artist) When I became an art critic in 1981 ...

Figurative language refers to some of the best methods in a writer’s toolbox to “color” language and draw readers in – and can also be used to write the best cover letter. How does figurative language ...

Still hesitating to use literally in a figurative capacity? Perhaps it will ease your mind to know that plenty of famous authors have done it in their most beloved works. Here is just a handful of ...

Scientists have identified the oldest figurative art in the world, and it can be found in a cave in the Borneo jungle. Created more than 40,000 years ago, the faint image depicts wild cattle, painted ...

Figurative language provides an excellent way for people to communicate. It allows you to convey necessary information in an effective manner. Some of the things you may want to express could be ...

At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s oldest media. By Zoë Lescaze IT’S A CONFUSING time to have a body. On the ...

In the 1950s, Jonah Kinigstein was on the verge of making it big in New York's art world. He won a Fulbright to Rome. His paintings got into the Whitney Museum's annual show of contemporary art (the ...

There's a plausible story about the last half-century of art-making that would go something like this: By around 1950, almost all serious art was abstract. Soon enough, Pop art, Nouveau Réalisme, ...

Archaeologists exploring caves in Indonesia have discovered a wall painting that could be the oldest figurative painting ever found. It depicts ... a cow. Despite the humble subject matter, the ...

Next year will see Europe’s leading art spaces continue to celebrate new figurative art. Here's who you need to know about. Buffeted by the arrival of abstract art in the 20th century and threatened ...

A basic definition of figurative language is language that is used in an exaggerated fashion to represent an idea. Advertising puts figurative language to good use. Once you develop an understanding ...