Ideogram

Ideogram
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ideogram - A simple picture-like sign or graphic symbol used either in a signage or a writing system, so that it represents a thing or an idea instead of a letter or specific word, ...

ideogram - written symbol representing an idea or object
ikebana - flower arranging
illusion - see: optical illusion ...

Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky; "The installation consisted of a set of books, panels and scrolls on which were printed thousands of characters resembling real Chinese ideograms, all devoid of semantic content".
Roland Barthes contre-écritures.

Later polychrome works are also found here, including ideograms, paintings, handprints and rare human figures, together with the traditional association of elephants and giraffes.

"Clemente invents what he calls "unknown ideograms, ideograms in costumes," in which "logic and chance as one force" become effective.

dingbat - In graphic design, dingbats are decorative or pictorial characters, most of which might also be called glyphs, icons, ideograms, or pictographs, not corresponding to any of the letters, numerals, ...

See also: Roman, Painting, Movement, Portrait, Greek