Meaning Ekphrasis
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Ekphrasis


a description of a work of art in another work of art
Source: macmillandictionary.com

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Ekphrasis


Ekphrasis is a literary device in which a text responds to or describes another work of art, very often a painting or sculpture.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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Ekphrasis


Poetry (or other literature) written about works of art e.g. Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden or Pictures from Brueghel by William Carlos Williams.
Source: poetsgraves.co.uk

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Ekphrasis


Simply put, ekphrasis is writing about the visual arts. The writing could be poetry or prose, a play or a novel, as long as the writing attempts to describe a piece of visual art—a painting, sculpture [..]
Source: shmoop.com





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