Fig' ure, v. To form, shape.
To represent a living being or body.
To picture in the mind, imagine.
To be an image, symbol, or type of.

The Figuring theme explores representations of the female form and identity. We look here at the female body nude and dressed, whole and in parts, abstracted and fleshed out, and represented in a range of figurative and allegorical guises. This page is supported by SJ jewels.