Depiction

Definitions

1. A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
   countable
2. A drawing or painting.
   countable
3. A representation.
   countable
4. The act of depicting.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.”

“It is nevertheless true that, whereas the teaching of music and literature is established on a scientific basis, the art of depiction is still taught in a primitive and inefficient way.”

“But since "realism" or representational depiction is itself a mode of art, it can never escape⟳ some degree of formal removal from the raw data of experience⟳; […]”

“As previously described, depiction is a unique type⟳ of visual representation defined by both seeing the activities/marks that constitute the depiction whilst also seeing the object of the depiction.”

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