Antonyms of adj nonrepresentational
1 sense of nonrepresentational
Sense 1
nonrepresentational (vs. representational) -- (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)
representational (vs. nonrepresentational) -- ((used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; "representational art"; "representational images")
=> delineative, depictive -- (depicted in a recognizable manner)
=> eidetic -- (of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy)
=> figural, figurative -- (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read)
=> mimetic -- (characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images")
=> naturalistic, realistic -- (representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers")
Similarity of adj nonrepresentational
1 sense of nonrepresentational
Sense 1
nonrepresentational (vs. representational) -- (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)
=> abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective -- (not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting")
=> conventional, formal, schematic -- (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
=> geometric, geometrical -- (characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration; "a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs")
=> hieratic -- (adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved")
=> protogeometric -- (characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece)
=> semiabstract -- (characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter)
Also See-> abstract#1
