depicts

Synonyms

Examples

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves. Arshile Gorky

Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Movement is the translation of life and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of life, because it moves. Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition. Nelson Mandela

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts. Alla Nazimova

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance. Louis Leakey