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Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.
It is often called "the royal position" or "royal ease" in English, and is a relaxed pose typical in royal portraits and those of religious figures whose "kingly" attributes are being emphasized. The figure sits on a throne with one leg tucked inwards on the seat and the other hanging down ("pendent") to touch the ground or rest on a support ...
Depicted as sitting on the ground, the figure assumes an informal and provocative pose. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Although in a relaxed pose and at ease, [ 1 ] [ 9 ] Schiele's model has also been conversely described as "charged with a nervous energy", [ 2 ] and the piece has been described as having an "aggressiveness". [ 9 ]
Portrait of a girl in costume in the natural environment of a gothic festival. Portrait photography , or portraiture , is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting , backdrops , and poses. [ 1 ]
The central figure is a woman seen from behind wearing a modest green dress, a technique Friedrich often employed, known as the Rückenfigur. [3] Friedrich in many of his works has a similar scene, where a figure (usually seen from behind) contemplates the nature that appears in front of them, leaving their reaction unspecified for the painting ...
Table is a woman on all fours, with a sheet of glass supported on her back. For Hat Stand the woman is standing, 1.85 metres (73 in) tall, [4] her hands upturned as hooks. Each fibreglass figure was produced from drawings by Jones. He oversaw a professional sculptor, Dick Beech, who produced the figures in clay.
Girls in Green, also known as Girls under Trees, is an oil-on-canvas painting by the German painter August Macke, executed in 1914. It depicts a number of girls among the trees on the edge of a lake, where the color areas of the figures and the environment seem to merge. The painting is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
The collection includes books, embroideries, tapestries, fabrics, wallpapers, drawings and sketches, furniture and stained glass, and forms the focus of two published works (produced to accompany special exhibitions). [303] [304] The former "green dining room" at the Victoria and Albert Museum is now its "Morris Room". The V&A's British ...