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silhouette

appearance and art form where only the outline of something is visible
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Summary

silhouette is an art genre[1]. silhouette ranks in the top 8% of art genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,913 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: art style[3]
  • Genre: graphic arts[4]
  • Named after: Étienne de Silhouette[5]
  • Subclass of: portrait[6]
  • Commons category: Silhouettes[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Silhouettes[8]
  • Commons gallery: Silhouette[9]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Partially coincident with: line art[14]
  • Hashtag: silhouette[15]

Why It Matters

silhouette has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] silhouette is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_silhouette_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{silhouette}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/silhouette}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

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. 6d ago · Sebastian Wallroth · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 43
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'f
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Paul I of Russia with family - silhouette.jpg"
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0335272-siluety
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0335272-siluety, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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