a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
<noun.communication> [ adj ]
pertaining to or consisting of pictures
<adj.pert> pictorial perspective pictorial records
evoking lifelike images within the mind
<adj.all> pictorial poetry and prose graphic accounts of battle a lifelike portrait a vivid description
Pictorial \Pic*to"ri*al\, a. [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a painter, fr. pingere to paint. See {Paint}.] Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. ``Pictorial rhetoric.'' --Ruskin. -- {Pic*to"ri*al*ly}, adv.
When I played it, expecting two hours of pictorial uplift, I could not believe what I saw.
The oldest is a sixth-century Coptic sanctuary curtain; the most recent is a 20th-century American pictorial wall hanging.
There is so much pictorial understanding evident in the early works, and so much sheer willpower.
His pictorial wit, his lightness of touch, his graphic sensibility and charm were quite enough to carry us along, and not notice too unkindly that the image was skimped and the painting perfunctory.
The decision didn't follow the approach of a federal appeals court in a different jurisdiction, which ruled in 1986 that such a suit didn't stand up when considered in the context of a society that openly displays written and pictorial pornography.
Revealingly, Constable - like Turner - applied the lessons learnt in the field to the working practices of the studio and in so doing developed an entirely new and dynamic pictorial language.
Although the pictorial language used in these awesomely austere pictures is not particularly original, the vision behind them is.
Computer-aided design methods have been used to develop a pictorial record of every site and location.
It was a strategy shared with other artists.' The snag with these distinct layers, classifications, inherent notions, pictorial structures and strategies is that they relate only to Dr Thomson's own interests and readings of the work.
In recent years he had tried adding expressionistic brushwork, and even pictorial illusionism to his wall reliefs.
The Chinese stallholder who sells the goods on to the tourists displays hundreds of Soviet watches, their faces a pictorial history of recent events across the border.
Taped resumes can also be useful when a pictorial display of a job seeker's talent is needed, as in the case of dancers, musicians or art students.
A Playboy magazine photographer will not be allowed to screen Providence College students for a "Women of the Big East" pictorial at either the Roman Catholic college or a Providence hotel, officials said.
At a time when some of the most innovative pictorial experimentation in history was being done, Klee was one of the most inventive artists around.
The bright colors, flattened space, assymetrical compositions and strong surface patterns of Japanese pictures opened Western eyes to a whole new range of pictorial possibilities.
The fanfare-motifs returned in sharper focus before a numb, discouraged coda. Though Sawer insists that his 20-minutes-odd piece is not primarily pictorial or illustrative, it is hard to hear it in any other way.