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Showing instead of telling, which is why one painting outlived a thousand arguments.
means A representation of something in words, images, or other form — showing what a thing looks like or how it happened rather than just stating it.
from From Latin depingere — de- ('thoroughly, completely') plus pingere ('to paint'). The same pingere gives us 'pigment' and 'paint' itself, so a depiction is literally something 'painted out' in full, whether the medium is oil, words, or film.
- root
- latin depingere, to paint vividly
- legal use
- courts argue over depiction versus endorsement constantly
- not reality
- always a choice about what to leave out
- power move
- framing decides whether depiction flatters or indicts