Main article: Illustration An illustration of a character from a story also, an illustration of illustrationsĪn illustration is a visual representation such as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject more than form. In art, 'graphics' is often used to distinguish work in a monotone and made up of lines, as opposed to painting. They used graphics to represent their mathematical theories such as the Circle Theorem and the Pythagorean theorem. From 600 to 250 BC, the Greeks played a major role in geometry. Records from Egypt predate these and papyrus was used by the Egyptians as a material on which to plan the building of pyramids they also used slabs of limestone and wood. Some of the earliest graphics and drawings are known to the modern world, from almost 6,000 years ago, are that of engraved stone tablets and ceramic cylinder seals, marking the beginning of the historical periods and the keeping of records for accounting and inventory purposes. Many of these were found to record astronomical, seasonal, and chronological details. The earliest graphics known to anthropologists studying prehistoric periods are cave paintings and markings on boulders, bone, ivory, and antlers, which were created during the Upper Palaeolithic period from 40,000 to 10,000 B.C. The latter can be a recorded version, such as a photograph, or interpretation by a scientist to highlight essential features, or an artist, in which case the distinction with imaginary graphics may become blurred. The objective can be clarity or effective communication, association with other cultural elements, or merely the creation of a distinctive style. Graphic design may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of typography alone, as in a brochure, flyer, poster, web site, or book without any other element. Graphics often combine text, illustration, and color.

Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics.Įxamples are photographs, drawings, line art, mathematical graphs, line graphs, charts, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images.

In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Graphics (from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós) 'pertaining to drawing, painting, writing, etc.') are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. For other uses, see Graphic (disambiguation).

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