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| blazon |
the heraldic description or depiction of a coat of arms. [1/4 definitions] |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. [1/4 definitions] |
| conformal |
of, pertaining to, or designating a map, or other depiction of one surface on another, that retains the same angles between all intersecting curves. |
| explicit |
marked by the clear depiction of nudity or sexual acts. [1/4 definitions] |
| idealization |
a depiction or representation of something in a perfect or more perfect form, as opposed to the way it is in reality. [1/2 definitions] |
| naturalism |
in visual art, the depiction of subjects so as to reproduce their natural appearance. [1/3 definitions] |
| perspective |
a technique of representation in three dimensions and in appropriate spatial relationships on a flat surface, or a design or depiction using this technique. [1/4 definitions] |
| Pietà |
(sometimes l.c.) a depiction, as in sculpture or painting, of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, holding him in grief following the Crucifixion. |
| portraiture |
a depiction in visual or verbal form; portrait. [1/3 definitions] |
| profile |
a visual depiction of such an outline. [1/5 definitions] |
| romance |
a love affair, or a depiction of one in a novel, story, or film. [1/7 definitions] |
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