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illustration

process of providing drawings or other pictures intended to elucidate a description, story, or other written material
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Summary

illustration is an activity[1]. illustration is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • illustration's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • illustration's instance of is recorded as art practice[4].
  • illustration is a type of graphic arts[5].
  • illustration's product or material produced is recorded as illustration[6].
  • illustration's different from is recorded as illustration[7].
  • illustration's practiced by is recorded as illustrator[8].
  • illustration's practiced by is recorded as fictional illustrator[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include activity[3] and art practice[4]. illustration is a type of graphic arts[5].

Why It Matters

illustration is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Bbc things id → 3604cc31-02e8-46b2-ac1f-ef96d47cfbb3
    Wikipedia languages → ['el']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 3604cc31-02e8-46b2-ac1f-ef96d47cfbb3, Adding BBC Things ID"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Provenio uuid → fedaf8cf-a344-495f-b66b-b5e7ce79c16c
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300054200
    Tdkiv term id → 000002328
    Wikidata description → process of providing drawings or other pictures intended to elucidate a descript
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0200621-ilustrace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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