A concept Ms. Molly Hite likes to use re (early) TRP at least, perhaps especially definition the last.

[Mark Kohut]

Ekphrasis or ecphrasis, from the Greek description of a work of art,
possibly imaginary, produced as a rhetorical exercise,[1] often used
in the adjectival form ekphrastic, is a graphic, often dramatic,
description of a visual work of art. In ancient times, it referred to
a description of any thing, person, or experience. The word comes from
the Greekek and φράσις phrásis, 'out' and 'speak' respectively, and
the verb ἐκφράζειν ekphrázein, "to proclaim or call an inanimate
object by name".

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