具ぐ象しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

concreteness; concrete form; embodiment

A formal Sino-Japanese noun for something being concrete or given a perceptible form, especially in contrast to 抽象. In art and criticism it can refer to representational or concrete expression rather than abstraction.

Antonyms: 抽象

• この絵えは抽ちゅう象しょうではなく具ぐ象しょうに分ぶん類るいされる。

  This painting is classified as representational rather than abstract.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんでは、抽ちゅう象しょうと具ぐ象しょうが混まざり合あっている。

  In his work, abstraction and concreteness are mixed together.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

embody; express concretely; give concrete form to

As 具象する, it takes an idea, feeling, or concept as its object and means to embody it or express it in a concrete form. 具象化する is a more everyday alternative for many contexts.

Antonyms: 抽象

• 作さっ家かは不ふ安あんを黒くろい鳥とりの姿すがたで具ぐ象しょうした。

  The artist embodied anxiety in the form of a black bird.