found: LC database, Dec. 29, 1988(figurative painting)
found: Arnason, H.H. History of modern art:p. 521 (Figuration can refer not only to the human (or animal) figure rendered in some degree explicitly but also to the implication of figures in abstract works)
found: Lahti, N.E. Plain talk about art, 1994(Representational painting: the depiction of a recognizable subject. It may or may not be realistic)
found: Duro, P. Essential art history, c1992:p. 250 (Representational painting: paintings that adopt a figurative approach to subjects)
found: Sims, E. Peerless images : Persian figural painting and its sources, c2002:CIP data sheet.