depiction

noun

Etymology: From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. By surface analysis, depict + -ion.

1. A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.

   “If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.”

2. A drawing or painting.
3. A representation.
4. The act of depicting.

   “It is nevertheless true that, whereas the teaching of music and literature is established on a scientific basis, the art of depiction is still taught in a primitive and inefficient way.”

   “But since "realism" or representational depiction is itself a mode of art, it can never escape some degree of formal removal from the raw data of experience; […]”