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Gerry Bell (talk | contribs) m I have amended the introduction to eliminate the confusion of attributing substitution as a function of pictures. Substitution is distinct from reference and is dealt with under the section Illusion. When we change tyres, the new one does not point or ref |
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'''Depiction''' is reference conveyed through pictures. Basically a
Pictures may be factual or fictional, literal or metaphorical, realistic or idealised and in various combination. Idealised depiction is also termed schematic or stylised and extends to icons, diagrams and maps. Classes or styles of picture may abstract their objects by degrees, conversely, establish degrees of the concrete (usually called, a little confusingly, figuration or figurative, since the 'figurative' is then often quite literal). Stylisation can lead to the fully abstract picture, where reference is only to conditions for a picture plane – a severe exercise in self-reference and ultimately a sub-set of pattern.
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