ekphrastic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- ekphrastically adverb
- non-ekphrastic adjective
Example Sentences
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“Sovereign Silence, or the City” is a haunting ekphrastic poem based on Vincent Valdez’s ominous painting “The City I.”
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
His verse about paintings, known as ekphrastic poetry, redefined the genre.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021
The other, a series of ekphrastic responses to photos of fractured skulls dug up under a Colorado asylum, presses Rekdal’s descriptive powers to pure insight.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2016
The narrator discusses his affection for ekphrastic literature, in which a work of art is described in language.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2016
But, in between much lucid exposition and some ekphrastic gymnastics to die for, there is a disappointingly vanilla and platitudinous avatar of Sprackland abroad on that marvellous shore.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2012
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