pictorial

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“This frequent and deepened engagement with the pictorial arts must in part be credited to the challenge posed by Titian.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Each is staffed by one employee who follows pictorial instructions on several overhead screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Both artist and sitter participated in putting on a pictorial show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

One of the more remarkable features of Velázquez’s stunning pictorial achievement is that he chose to paint Mariana’s portrait over one of many he had already executed of her husband.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

Champollion resisted the idea of hieroglyphs as pictorial metaphors.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan