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An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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Chiaroscuro 76% connected

Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro

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Cyclorama 76% connected

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic e…

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Diorama 76% connected

A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combinati…

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Foil 76% connected

To tread under foot; to trample.

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Graphic 76% connected

Alt. of Graphical

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Iconography 76% connected

The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the…

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Inset 76% connected

To infix.

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Likeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

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Panorama 76% connected

A complete view in every direction.

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Scan 76% connected

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

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Semblance 76% connected

Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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Transparency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Project 74% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Project 74% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Image 92% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Picture 92% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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