08:28 Nov 4, 2009 

I gave the full and only sentence with the target word in my first discussion post.

15:44 Nov 3, 2009 

I think I made it clear that they are not always a donor figure. And donor figures are depicted in many media - relief sculpture, sculpture in the round, etc. This is most certainly not limited to painting/drawing or other two-dimensional media!

15:40 Nov 3, 2009 

Helen - Just because someone is depicted as worshipping doesn't mean they're a donor. A donor is a real person who's included in a picture, not a statue as is the case here.

15:24 Nov 3, 2009 

I was hoping this would catch your eye!

15:21 Nov 3, 2009 

Traditionally such figures are referred to as 'donor figures', if they are not saints or angels (obviously I am talking about western art). Donors because they have paid to have the work made and are thus important enough to figure in the work above the common herd. Part of the problem here is the artist in question is borrowing this type but placing it in a different context, thus stripping it of its conventional meaning. I would suggest 'figure in an attitude of worship/adoration' instead.

15:00 Nov 3, 2009 

It's just a little statue of a woman with her arms raised.

14:59 Nov 3, 2009 

I don't think it will help but here it is (from a description of objects and figures in an installation):
"Une adorante lève les bras vers une image de Duchamp."
There are many examples online of "une adorante" as a figure in art.

14:57 Nov 3, 2009 

Sandra. Could you at least give the entire sentence?