illustration

illustration Definition

il·lus·tra·tion (il′ə strā′s̸hən)

noun

Etymology: ME illustracione < OFr illustration < L illustratio

illustration Related Forms

il′·lus·tra′·tional adjective

illustration Synonyms

An example
instance, case, model, sample; see example 1.
An illustrative picture
drawing, painting, engraving, etching, line drawing, diagram, figure, sketch, frontispiece, tailpiece, cartoon, vignette, halftone, inset picture, newsphoto; see also design 1, picture 3, representation. See syn. study at instance.

illustration Usage Examples

Converse of subject

accompany: Each double-page contains a short story on one page accompanied by a beautiful illustration on the other.

Converse of object

reproduce: For permission to reproduce illustrations, please click here or contact HRP's Picture Library at Hampton Court Palace.
contain: Each of the 446 pages contain fabulous illustrations from marine photographers.
draw: Perhaps the most famous medical illustration ever drawn is Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, created about 1487.
submit: Illustrations submitted ( line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc. ) should be clean originals or digital files.
include: Please include any illustration preferably in the form of a clear line drawing.
accompany: The six accompanied illustrations, Figures ( 1 ) to ( 6 ), show a further selection of cellulose lacquer rock peels.

Adjective modifier

miscellaneous: The contents include text, maps and a number of other miscellaneous illustrations.
photographic: Over 60 black and white photographic illustrations, numerous tables and a most comprehensive index.
botanical: I am inspired by botanical illustrations as well as the works of science fiction writers and see my role as a similar one.
graphic: That was a graphic illustration of what can happen.
vivid: A vivid illustration of these two forces at work is provided by the developing eye.
black-and-white: There are more than 3,000 black-and-white illustrations and 10,000 biographical and geographical entries.

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

full-colour: Full-colour illustrations by Gillian Chapman make this the ideal storybook for the telling of the good news of Jesus.
watercolor: The characterisation of the hard-pressed duck is achieved almost wholly through watercolor illustrations, and is outstanding.
step-by-step: Turning expert Richard Raffan's easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations make this accessible to any level of woodturner.
color: There are also color illustrations of many of the venues.
cm: Size: 17.5 x 10 cm Illustrations: Frontispiece plus eight further wood-cuts Note: Some uncut.
frontispiece: Inside, opposite the title page, is a black and white frontispiece illustration.

illustration Quotes

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

—James, Henry

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