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| apocalypse |
any of several early Jewish or Christian writings on divine revelation that symbolically depict the ultimate conflict between good and evil. [1/3 definitions] |
| blazon |
to describe or depict (a coat of arms) with proper heraldic terms or details. [1/4 definitions] |
| dramatize |
to depict in the form of a drama. [1/2 definitions] |
| figure |
to depict pictorially. [1/16 definitions] |
| genre |
of or concerning representational paintings that depict scenes of everyday life. [1/3 definitions] |
| limn |
to depict with words; describe. [1/2 definitions] |
| modern dance |
a form of contemporary dance in which stylized movements of the body depict and express ideas, emotions, and the like. |
| objective correlative |
a literary description or a series of images that objectively depict a certain emotion and evoke that same emotion in the reader or viewer. |
| paint |
to depict in words, though possibly not the truth or whole truth. [1/10 definitions] |
| portray |
to depict visually or verbally; make a portrait of. [1/2 definitions] |
| program music |
instrumental music intended to evoke or depict a scene, story, event, or the like. |
| render |
to represent or interpret, as in a work of art; depict. [1/7 definitions] |
| represent |
to depict or portray, as in art. [1/8 definitions] |
| surrealism |
(sometimes cap.) an artistic and literary movement of the twentieth century that attempts to depict the subconscious mind with dream imagery, fantastic juxtapositions, and other unusual effects. |
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