Blanket term for art that represents some aspect of reality, in a more or less straightforward way. The term seems to have come into use after the rise of modern art and particularly abstract art as a means of referring to art not substantially touched by modern developments. Not quite the same as figurative art which seems to apply to modern art i... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20873
adjective (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; `representational art`; `representational images` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974