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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

A word for a non-photo image

is there a word for an image not taken by photo but drawn or painted or whatever, i mean "artificial" image
  

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Anonymous is there a word for an image not taken by photo but drawn or painted or whatever, i mean "artificial" image You might want 'sketch' or 'drawing'. CJ

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  • Anonymous is there a word for an image not taken by photo but drawn or painted or whatever, i mean "artificial" image You might want 'sketch' or 'drawing'.
  • CJ
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Anonymous is there a word for an image not taken by photo but drawn or painted or whatever, i mean "artificial" image
You might want 'sketch' or 'drawing'.

CJ
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so "drawing" is abblicable to a painted image too? e.g. Mona Lisa
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Tsayperso "drawing" is applicable to a painted image too? e.g. Mona Lisa
No. It may have started as a drawing, but it's a painting.

CJ
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ok so is there a common word for both a drawing and a painting?
can we name Mona Lisa a sketch?
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Tsayperis there a common word for both a drawing and a painting?
No. Those are separate things.
TsayperCan we name the Mona Lisa a sketch?
No.
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There is no word that can be applied to all images that are not photog
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Thank you. I will go with a "non-photo" (i need a word to categorize some content)
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TsayperI will go with a "non-photo"
That may be the best you can do.

It's like asking what the word is for all white powder-like substances that are not baking soda.
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