They are used as an educational tool, to depict biblical and moralistic moments.
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The case also includes two small transfer-ware plates that depict sugar farming.
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The sculptures depict a woman's backside progressing from realistic to abstract.
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Works by Elizabeth Conroy Benati that depict the vibrancy of Caribbean cultures.
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They squandered a windfall and now depict themselves as victims of circumstance.
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Public portraits of the new leader depict him with white roses and a white dove.
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A number of sculptured relief panels were to depict the life of the Virgin Mary.
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This scene has been reconstructed based on coins that depict such a seated Roma.
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It's considered the first state portrait to depict a ruler's wife with his heir.
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Picture: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
Describe: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
Portray: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
(depicted) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
(depicting) a representation by picture or portraiture
(depiction) word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
(depiction) delineation: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Depiction is meaning conveyed through pictures. Basically, a picture maps an object to a two-dimensional scheme or picture plane. ...
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means