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depicted object

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Noun1.depicted object - something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
subject, content
thing - a separate and self-contained entity
scene, view - graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
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His unique layering process transforms the depicted object or person by stripping the subject of its individual attributes while simultaneously giving it an auratic glow.
Openings: Roberto Cuoghi by Gingeras, Alison M. / Artforum International
If there's no red to speak of in the tight little roses found in Carnegie's still lifes Waltz I and Waltz II (both 2004), it's perhaps to show how the depicted object expires on admittance into painting.
Gillian Carnegie: Cabinet by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
As familiar as the depicted objects often are, their identity is divorced from their function.
Konrad Klapheck by Swabsky, Barry / Artforum International
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