clean-limbed

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      13 words ...clean-limbed • adj. (esp. of the human figure) slim; well formed and shapely.

RELATIONSHIPS OF THE PIAGETIAN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT TO HUMAN FIGURE...

Child Study Journal;  December 1, 2000 ;   Sisto, Fermino Fernandes;   787 words ......the interchangeable use between the human figure drawing and the cognitive development...operative and creative tendencies. The human figure drawings were scored for both figures...on the Piagetian model thr ough the human figure drawing. The psychometric determination...

The figure: concealed and revealed. (the human figure in art)(Editorial)

School Arts;  October 1, 1996 ;   Katter, Eldon;   587 words ......possible. The popular culture image of the human figure in the late 1990s has indeed affected...traditions and what it means to be human. The human figure is perhaps one of the oldest and most...developed their own conceptions of the human figure. Through the ages and across ...

Instructors use live models in drawing workshop

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  May 10, 2007 ;   Matt Wrye;   453 words ......to use the anatomy and emotion of a human figure to draw a subject, and how to analyze...has a desire to learn how to draw the human figure, and it's generally a good way to learn...their skills, since learning to draw the human figure is a basic foundation for drawing other...

figurative

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms;    MICHAEL CLARKE and DEBORAH CLARKE;   19 words ...figurative An adjective used to describe art which represents the human figure by means of a figure, symbol , or likeness.

TWO CLASSICAL SHOWS AT THE MFA ARE SUPERLATIVE

The Boston Globe;  June 11, 1989 ;   Robert Taylor, Globe Staff;   787 words ...The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze A traveling...of Fine Arts through July 9. The Human Figure in Early Greek Art A traveling...July 3, and the summer show, "The Human Figure in Early Greek Art," are superlative...

Visual arts: Rearguard action

The Independent - London;  August 26, 1997 ;   Tom Lubbock;   787 words ......painting which concentrates on the human figure. As such, it could cover most paintings...one. It recognises that painting the human figure, in whatever form, has become a beleaguered...Figurative painting means painting the human figure after photography and the cinema and...

Focus on human form at art show

The Malay Mail;  March 26, 1999 ;   Lam Seng Fatt;   193 words ......artists are showing how they view the human figure in a group show now on at Valentine...expressions of one commonform - the human figure. Although there is a tendency to classify...statemenet about the condition of the human figure. The opening of the show was officiated...

SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER GALLERY TO FEATURE 'SCULPTURAL FORM AND THE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 28, 2006 ;     283 words ......Northwest Artists' Interpretation of the Human Figure," through June 30. Located at 700 Fifth...public weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The human figure has been a traditional subject matter...from the artists' interpretation of the human figure. Curator Jim McDonald selected the pieces...

New PSA trophy unveiled.(Sports News)

Manila Bulletin;  February 13, 2008 ;     491 words ......Gerald Raymundo, the trophy shows a golden human figure standing on solid rock. The golden human figure was taken from the PSA logo which remained...The solid rock from which the golden human figure stands, meanwhile, represents the truth...

'Human Figure' seen from various perspectives at Long Beach Arts

Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  March 13, 2008 ;   Shirle Gottlieb;   787 words ...It's no surprise that "The Human Figure" is one of Long Beach Arts' most popular...Beach Arts are 46 diverse visions of the human figure in today's world. Selected from a field...tall, slender, 6-foot-tall poles. "The Human Figure," Long Beach Arts, 245 W. Broadwayy...

Symbolic immunity and flexibility in preschoolers' human figure drawings.

Journal of Genetic Psychology;  September 1, 1995 ;   Boyatzis, Chris J. Michaelson, Patricia Lyle, Elizabeth;   787 words ......writers have suggested that preschoolers' human figure drawings lack many body parts because...preschoolers' omission of body parts in human figure drawings is that preschoolers are ignorant...and legs are the sine qua non of early human figure drawings; other details are less ...

Two men from Cameroon arrested for alleged paper-to-dollar scam

AP Worldstream;  July 30, 2002 ;     280 words ......man into buying wads of currency-sized black paper and a fluid they said could be used...after they transformed a few pieces of black paper to money by wiping them with a special...containing currency-sized pieces of black paper, and claim it was necessary to dye the...

Police arrest four Africans for black money scam

AP Worldstream;  April 19, 2002 ;     294 words ......tourist in Bangkok into buying wads of black paper, claiming they could be turned into...buy a large amount of dollar- sized black paper from the con men who told him the paper...containing currency-sized pieces of black paper, claiming it was necessary to dye the...

Treasures of Athens and Olympia: Art from the 5th Century B.C.; Greek Art...

Arts & Activities;  May 1, 2006 ;   Herberholz, Barbara;   287 words ......OLYMPIA: Art from the 5th Century B.C.; Greek Art and the Human Figure; Byzantine and Later Greek Art. Series of 3 DVDs or VHS/each...close-up. The second video takes a look at Greek art and the human figure as a measure of all things when Greek art discarded religious...