pictorial
Told through images
Pictorial means relating to or consisting of pictures: a pictorial history of the Civil War, pictorial representations of data.
The word emphasizes visual over textual content.
A pictorial is a magazine or newspaper feature composed mainly of photographs or illustrations.
Pigment on canvas
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
portrait · landscape · watercolor · acrylic · fresco · mural · miniature · engraving
Vivid descriptive language
- portrayalDepiction of someone
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- representationDepiction or likeness
- tableauStriking pictorial arrangement
panorama · vista · montage · collage · mosaic · diorama · triptych · diptych
Simplified explanatory sketch
- chartData shown visually
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- flowchartDiagram showing workflow steps
infographic · map · graph · layout · schema · outline · plan · figure
Serving to clarify meaning
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- instructiveServing to teach
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
tutorial · annotated · captioned · accompanying · supplementary · clarifying · textbook · guidebook
Smooth and shiny
- spreadTo distribute widely
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- coverProtect by overlaying
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
Book of tales
- comicFunny performer or publication
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- photojournalismVisual news reporting
- documentaryFactual film about reality
reportage · travelogue · chronicle · manga
painting
Pigment on canvas
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
masterpiece · portrait · landscape · watercolor · acrylic · fresco · mural · miniature · engraving · woodcut
imagery
Vivid descriptive language
- portrayalDepiction of someone
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- representationDepiction or likeness
tableau · panorama · vista · montage · collage · mosaic · diorama · triptych · diptych · photograph
diagram
Simplified explanatory sketch
flowchart · infographic · map · graph · layout · schema · outline · plan · figure · plate
explanatory
Serving to clarify meaning
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- instructiveServing to teach
demonstrative · tutorial · annotated · captioned · accompanying · supplementary · clarifying · textbook · guidebook · encyclopedia
glossy
Smooth and shiny
centerfold · editorial · layout · pinup
storybook
Book of tales
- comicFunny performer or publication
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- photojournalismVisual news reporting
documentary · reportage · travelogue · chronicle · manga
- periodicalsmagazines, magazine, newspaper, journals, periodicals
- depiction stylesrealistic, stylized, abstract, representational, figurative
- imageryvisual imagery, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, sensory detail
- stampsstamp, stamps, commemorative stamps, mint stamps, used stamps
- Victorian mediadaguerreotype, tintype, stereograph, stereoscope, magic lantern
- Pinupspinup, pin-up girl, cheesecake, cheesecake photo, Bettie Page
pictorialabstract
Condensed version of text
symbolic · nonpictorial · conceptual · schematic · diagrammatic