illustration

Summary

illustration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• illustration's genre is illustrative arts^[2].
• illustration is a type of image^[3].
• illustration is a type of visual artwork^[4].
• illustration's Commons category is recorded as Illustrations^[5].
• illustration's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illustration^[6].
• illustration's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• illustration's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• illustration's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• illustration's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10].
• illustration's partially coincident with is recorded as line art^[11].
• illustration's used by is recorded as picture book^[12].
• illustration's used by is recorded as Illustrated Book^[13].
• illustration's main Wikidata property is recorded as P18^[14].
• illustration's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9972^[15].
• illustration's different from is recorded as illustration^[16].
• illustration's different from is recorded as book illustration^[17].
• illustration's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].
• illustration's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as ил.^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include image^[3] and visual artwork^[4].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include picture book^[12] and Illustrated Book^[13].

Influence

Things named for illustration include Irasutoya^[20], a website^[21], in Japan^[22], founded in 2012^[23].

Why It Matters

illustration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).^[1] illustration has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] illustration is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

Entities named for illustration include Irasutoya^[20], a website^[21], in Japan^[22], founded in 2012^[23].