pictorial

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His art, recently celebrated in landmark exhibitions that brought together almost all of his surviving works, also invites contemplation in intimate, vest-pocket shows that allow more intimate contact with the painter’s stunning pictorial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The system then provides pictorial instructions to the humans on what to pick, where to place it and which truck to load.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

This is why he collects pictorial maps, why he has visited 248 public libraries in Los Angeles County and 401 of the 483 municipalities in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

In the end, we cannot be sure, because Vermeer’s approach to his subject proves as subtle as his pictorial treatment.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson