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configuration (art)

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configuration

In art, the arrangement of individual elements and shapes within the content of an artwork, and the overall meaning when these elements are brought together in their relative context. A flower in one painting may have the relative meaning of symbolizing love and fertility, whereas in another painting, it may simply be a background detail. The configuration of a painting may be likened to the words of a sentence; the words convey little individually, but convey greater meaning, or different things, when forming part of a sentence.



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