The slick, stylish and comparatively restrained show of gigolo wear that Roberto Cavalli's son and co-designer, Daniele, presented in the gardens of the Palazzo Serbelloni was both a literal and figurative example of staying true to a brand's DNA.
Picture the metaphorical personification of chaos, accompanied by a figurative example of hell on Earth, and throw in some crazy old ladies, aggressive men, bitchy soccer moms, asshole gamers, miserable husbands, and hundreds of young crying toddlers and babies that shouldn't be up at such ungodly hours.
The is the special case arising from confusion between the ordinary sense of a word and its metaphorical, figurative, or technical employment (example: "For the past week Joan has been living on the heights of ecstasy". "And what is her address there?").
Yet for decades he remained firmly within the Western European tradition, producing lacklustre examples of figurative painting and surrealism.
Before you do the task, you might… Extension Activity: Using Mr. Wells's review as a mentor text, write a one-paragraph review of your dinner tonight for homework, using at least two examples of figurative language.
"This figurine was produced at least 35,000 calendar years ago, making it one of the oldest known examples of figurative art," said Nicholas Conard of the University of Tubingen, who describes the statuette in Nature.
Among the most outstanding examples of figurative bronze sculpture dating from the Romanesque period are a group of reliquaries designed in the shape of heads or heads and shoulders or occasionally arms, hands, or feet, according to the type of relics they contain.
Examples of figurative language are metaphor and simile.
Responding, over time, to the example of Bay Area Figurative painter David Park (1911-1960) Christensen paints figures in a broad, improvisational style.
Linear, for example, can be figurative (Ella Kruglyanskaya), abstract (Chris Martin) or crazed (Joshua Abelow and Lance De Los Reyes).
"Rosie the Riveter," with her big, gorgeous arms, her halo set against a waving American flag, her riveting gun laid provocatively across her lap, her baby face and her practical penny loafers, one in front of the other resting daintily on a ripped-up copy of "Mein Kampf," is a virtuoso example of catchy figurative invention and savvy national boosterism.
