Figurengruppe
group of figures; figural group
noun fi-GOO-ren-groo-pe Rare
Usage Note
Figurengruppe describes a sculptural or pictorial composition consisting of multiple human or animal figures in a unified arrangement. In Baroque sculpture, dynamic Figurengruppen express dramatic narrative tension.
Examples
"Die bronzene Figurengruppe im Park erinnert an die Stadtgründer."
Natural Translation
The bronze figural group in the park commemorates the city's founders.
Literal Translation
The bronze figure-group in-the park reminds-of the city-founders.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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