DEPICTED OBJECT

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

Example:

a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

Synonyms:

content; depicted object; subject

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("depicted object" is a kind of...):

thing (a separate and self-contained entity)

Holonyms ("depicted object" is a part of...):

scene; view (graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept)