depictions
Images showing something
Depictions are representations or portrayals of something in art, writing, or other media.
The word emphasizes how something is shown rather than what is shown: The film's depictions of violence drew criticism.
A depiction can be visual, verbal, or dramatic—a painting's depiction of a battle, a novel's depiction of rural life, an actor's depiction of grief.
Account of characteristics
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- accountRecord of dealings
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- recountingNarrating events from memory
storytelling · exposition · vignette · scene · episode · passage · imagery · sketch
Describing distinctive qualities
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- representationDepiction or likeness
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
enactment · performance · impression · recreation · embodiment · personification · likeness · caricature
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- motifRecurring thematic element
archetype · figurative · abstraction · symbolism · allusion · personification · representation · signifier
Image from a camera
- filmMovie or coating
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- documentaryFactual film about reality
broadcast · screenshot · footage · graphic · CGI · hologram · projection · cinema
description
Account of characteristics
recounting · storytelling · exposition · vignette · scene · episode · passage · imagery · sketch · profile
characterization
Describing distinctive qualities
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- representationDepiction or likeness
dramatization · enactment · performance · impression · recreation · embodiment · personification · likeness · caricature · parody
allegory
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
motif · archetype · figurative · abstraction · symbolism · allusion · personification · representation · signifier · totem
photograph
Image from a camera
documentary · broadcast · screenshot · footage · graphic · CGI · hologram · projection · cinema · television
- visualsimage, illustrations, photograph, images, diagram
- portraitsportrait, portraits, headshot, headshots, self-portrait
- representationsrepresentation, statue, symbol, portraits, emblem
- enactmentsacts, laws, edicts, decrees, mandates
depictionsrealities
Things that exist
actualities · the real thing · originals · actuality · referents
depictionsconcealments
Acts of hiding something
obscurations · suppressions · censorships · erasures · omissions
- realistic depictionTruthful visual representation