<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">pear-shaped</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31311824</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:24:01</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">pear shaped</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">piriform</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">pyriform</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Having a form composed of a continuous curve, roughly oval but wider below the mid-section than in the upper; may be two- or three-dimensional. Form may be inverted, with larger dimension at the top. So-named because the form resembles the fruit of the European pear tree (Pyrus communis) and certain other species of the Pyrus genus. ]]></dc:description></metadata>