Category:Educational illustrations

This is a main category requiring frequent diffusion and maybe maintenance. As many pictures and media files as possible should be moved into appropriate subcategories.

English: Illustrations

Primary image filing categories will be in (sisters, peer categories):

Category:Illustrations by subject

Category:Teaching illustrations by subject

An illustration is a visualization such as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject 'more than form'.

The aim of an illustration is to elucidate or decorate textual information (such as a story, poem or newspaper article) by providing a visual representation.

Illustrations can:

give faces to characters in a story;
display examples of an item described in an academic textbook (e.g. a typology);
visualize step-wise sets of instructions in a technical manual;
communicate subtle thematic tone in a narrative;
link brands to the ideas of human expression, individuality and creativity; and
inspire the viewer to feel emotion to expand on the linguistic aspects of the narrative.

Many illustrations are (or at least should be filed and) classified under the appropriate subcategories of: ■ Engravings or

Teaching illustrations, which will, in practice, usually mean in a sub-category of one of: