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Pictorial analogy
A visual metaphor is a metaphor the medium of which is visual. Like in any other metaphor, one part of it, usually named "source", applies to another
Visual_metaphor
2024 video game
Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Studio Zero and published by Sega. Metaphor: ReFantazio was first announced under
Metaphor:_ReFantazio
Aspect of Internet culture
Internet metaphors provide users and researchers of the Internet a structure for understanding and communicating its various functions, uses, and experiences
Internet_metaphors
Series of sculptures
heads in different types of military headgear. The sculptures recall a visual metaphor from India's famous champion of peace, Mahatma Gandhi, of the "Three
Gandhi's_Three_Monkeys
Figure of speech of implicit comparison
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for literary effect, refers to one thing by mentioning another. Thus, it invites the audience to make a comparison
Metaphor
Empress of the Chola Empire, r. 949–957
in visual art. With all exaggerated features, Sembiyan Mahadevi bronze is not meant to be taken literally. Sembiyan Mahadevi is a visual metaphor yet
Sembiyan_Mahadevi
1968 song
"Doll on a Music Box" is a song originally from the 1968 musical film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was subsequently performed in the 2002/2005 stage musical
Doll_on_a_Music_Box
Psychological concepts by Sigmund Freud
right to expect any such smooth arrangement." The iceberg image is a visual metaphor, proposed by G. Stanley Hall, depicting the relationship between the
Id,_ego_and_superego
Integrated development environment by Microsoft
codenamed Cider, was introduced with Visual Studio 2008. Like the Windows Forms designer it supports the drag and drop metaphor. It is used to author user interfaces
Visual_Studio
English idiom for passage of time
emptied. The image of the sand being emptied in the hourglass creates a visual metaphor for the limited duration of human life, and for the inevitability of
Sands_of_time_(idiom)
Communication through visual elements
Barbara J.; McQuarrie, Edward F. (June 2004). "Beyond Visual Metaphor: A New Typology of Visual Rhetoric in Advertising". Marketing Theory. 4 (1–2): 113–136
Visual_rhetoric
Fictional character from My Little Pony
phoenix-like appearance at the end of "My Past is Not Today" was a visual metaphor, and that "her hair is lighter... We wanted to tone her color intensity
Sunset_Shimmer
Film by Nia DaCosta
geographical importance of Cabrini–Green, writing that the "lack of a visual metaphor makes the film's exploration of gentrification more of an assemblage
Candyman_(2021_film)
Subfield of machine learning
participants. A visual metaphor improves the ability to reason about complex systems as well as to enhance collaboration. In addition to visual decision design
Decision_intelligence
Neuroscientific approaches purposed under the scope of applied aesthetics
this principle can also produce a pleasing effect. Ramachandran defines a metaphor as a mental tunnel between two concepts that appear grossly dissimilar
Neuroesthetics
8th episode of the 1st season of Widow's Bay
screaming, quite literally, for someone to protect them. What is a better visual metaphor for being a woman in America than the sight of Patricia tearing through
Your_Baggage
1999 American film by David Fincher
Fincher as "more hyper-real in a torn-down, deconstructed sense—a visual metaphor of what [the Narrator is] heading into". The filmmakers used heavily
Fight_Club
Indian actress
"Makers of Nivin Pauly's Prathichaya unveil first poster with striking visual metaphor". Cinema Express. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026. malayalamcinema
Sabitha_Anand
Ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum
Colin Murray (1971). "Visual Language". ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 28 (1): 51–58. JSTOR 42574680. The Myth of Metaphor. Turbayne, Colin Murray
Visual_perception
Literary character and symbol
omnipresent gaze found on coins, stamps and posters in Oceania is a visual metaphor of the Party's mass surveillance of the population and its social control
Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
Research institute and hospital in Hanover, Germany
prime example of iconic, literal architectural representation, is a visual metaphor shaped explicitly to resemble the human brain. "The INI was planned
International Neuroscience Institute
International_Neuroscience_Institute
Type of two-dimensional visual art
in tone, commonly using irony or satire. The art usually acts as a visual metaphor to illustrate a point of view on current social or political topics
Cartoon
User interface item resembling a familiar physical item
In user interface design, an interface metaphor is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users
Interface_metaphor
Japanese manga series
several interpreting it as a visual metaphor for depression. Bolts stated that the show's use of "drowning" was a "perfect visual representation" of Hinako's
This_Monster_Wants_to_Eat_Me
use of language, though evidence from the visual domain has also been researched. The term primary metaphor was coined by linguist Joseph Grady. Philosophy
Primary_metaphor
1971 film by Ken Russell
visualization involving the Mother Superior... What more stunning visual metaphor for the psychological suffocation of the Mother Superior than to stuff
The_Devils_(film)
Raster graphics editor software
virtual assistant. The editor's interface uses levels of a building as a visual metaphor each of the software's different features (e.g. one for creating new
Fine_Artist
2002 single by Blink-182
a suburban house being destroyed by a wrecking ball, serving as a visual metaphor for a broken home. The clip was re-shot following the 9/11 attacks
Stay_Together_for_the_Kids
Fixed series of tones that appear to ascend or descend endlessly in pitch
Penrose stairs, visual metaphor for pitch circularity
Pitch_circularity
Resident Evil character
Nietzsche's Übermensch theory, which helped to fully illustrate both the visual metaphor and ideology that Wesker embodies. Together with other themes from
Albert_Wesker
Depiction of human sexuality in Indian audiovisual media
against explicit content, leading filmmakers to develop a "grammar of visual metaphors" to bypass censorship. Physical intimacy was routinely substituted
Sex_in_Indian_entertainment
2022 animated short film by Stéphanie Clément
young girl's survival of childhood abuse. The animation creates a visual metaphor for the dissociative nature of the trauma she suffers. It features
Pachyderme
Posited similarity of the far-left and far-right
power movement indicated that a horseshoe is not quite right as a visual metaphor for the relationship of the far-left and the far-right; that, in fact
Horseshoe_theory
Metaphor used to visualize the processes of evolution
whether the concept of an evolutionary landscape should be used as a visual metaphor disconnected from the underlying math, a tool for evaluating models
Evolutionary_landscape
Swiss graphic designer
1950s, Müller-Brockmann explored nonrepresentational abstraction, visual metaphor, subjective graphical representation, and constructive graphic design
Josef_Müller-Brockmann
Design element borrowed from original medium
Retrieved 11 December 2012. The issue is two-fold: first, that traditional visual metaphors no longer translate to modern users; and second, that excessive digital
Skeuomorph
British teen drama series (2007–2013)
ecstasy tablet that awakens elements of his old personality. In a visual metaphor for Jungian psychology, a mysterious girl who is a projection of Tony's
Skins_(British_TV_series)
Painting by Pieter Aertsen
symbolism; it in fact hides a symbolic religious meaning, and embodies a visual metaphor encouraging spiritual life. Aertsen made a name for himself during
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms
A_Meat_Stall_with_the_Holy_Family_Giving_Alms
2022 film by Steven Spielberg
witnessing this, Kaminski knew it had to be incorporated, calling it a visual "metaphor of the entire movie: [Sammy] can have the image in his hand and shape
The_Fabelmans
2003 British television advertisement
advertisement depicts a collapsed man vomiting a scruffy dog in a visual metaphor for 'dog breath'. To remove the smell, the man chews some gum and the
Dog_Breath
Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Daniel Czapiewski [pl], was completed in 2007 and was intended as a visual metaphor for Poland's communist era. History of Pomerania. "Główny Urząd Statystyczny"
Szymbark, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Szymbark,_Pomeranian_Voivodeship
American contemporary illustrator (1947–2026)
for the computing world, combining a specific artistic style with visual metaphor to showcase emerging trends in personal computing technology. Robert
Robert_Tinney
Aztec deity of the sun and of the cardinal direction of east
eagle is a reference to the ascending and descending eagle talons, a visual metaphor for capturing the heart or life force of a person. This particular
Tōnatiuh
2000 Canadian film
imagery, he felt that the film pushed the boundaries of what he called "visual metaphor" to the point where he felt it was too extreme. "Subconscious Cruelty:
Subconscious_Cruelty
Figure of speech
relations of metonymy. Both metonymy and metaphor involve the substitution of one term for another. In metaphor, this substitution is based on some specific
Metonymy
Metalworking tool
heavy and clumsy object that is perfect for dropping onto people. This visual metaphor is common, for example, in Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie
Anvil
history, and himself. His work is known for its "literary allusions and visual metaphors" and for its frequent references to music. Marquez's art has been collected
Roberto_Márquez_(painter)
years of his [Matta's] first association with the Surrealists explore visual metaphors for the mental landscape." And Valerie Fletcher, in Crosscurrents of
Inscape_(visual_art)
Comic strip by Bill Watterson
sometimes the focus of the strip, the ride frequently serves as a visual metaphor while Calvin ponders the meaning of life, death, God, or other weighty
Calvin_and_Hobbes
1987 film by Steven Spielberg
white flash of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki gave Spielberg powerful visual metaphors "to draw a parallel story between the death of this boy's innocence
Empire_of_the_Sun_(film)
15th episode of the 5th season of Breaking Bad
that the episode's predominant usage of the color white showcased a visual metaphor within the series, with earlier episodes being noticeably more colorful
Granite_State_(Breaking_Bad)
Science fiction thriller by Alfonso Cuarón
2013. Obias, Rudie (October 9, 2013). "Alfonso Cuarón Talks Gravity's Visual Metaphors, And George Clooney Clarifies His Writing Credit". Giant Freakin Robot
Gravity_(2013_film)
2024 video game
developers' "command of dialogue, characterization, staging, symbolism and visual metaphor". Finding 1000xResist to be "purposed" in its writing, Michael Higham
1000xResist
Legal principle
"Floodgate" is a visual metaphor suggesting a potential torrent of claims.
Floodgates_principle
Australian philosopher (1916–2006)
Rochester and authored The Myth of Metaphor in which he explores the use and abuse of metaphors and conceptual metaphors in language. Turbayne was born on
Colin_Murray_Turbayne
American graphic designer (1927–1992)
Casey stated, "My work combines two cultures: The American interest in visual metaphor on the one hand, and the Swiss fascination with planning, fastidiousness
Jacqueline_Casey
Japanese manga series
on too well). Ogenki Clinic is an erotic comedy that often employed visual metaphors for the doctor's cures. Referring to sexual intercourse as a game of
Ogenki_Clinic
British designer (born 1983)
artisan collaboration and a passion for detail, colour, geometry, visual metaphor, pattern and marquetry. She has been described as "re-contextualizing
Bethan_Laura_Wood
2015 video game
the complexities of assembly programming into an easily understood visual metaphor. Angus Morrison of PC Gamer considered the puzzle progression to be
Human_Resource_Machine
Humor through visualization rather than sound or words
hand-holding that they are newlyweds, and the characters play along. The mimed metaphor A variety of virtual simile an object may be treated as if it is a different
Visual_gag
Visual arts movement
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials
Minimalism_(visual_arts)
Sculpture by Zenos Frudakis in Philadelphia
mental, political, religious, and physical, and has been called a "visual metaphor for the process of transformation". The sculpture, completed in 2000
Freedom_(Frudakis)
Legendary Chinese creature
feminine entity that is paired with the masculine Chinese dragon, as a visual metaphor of a balanced and blissful relationship, symbolic of both a happy marriage
Chinese_dragon
Ideogram used in computing
of familiar visual metaphors directly connected to the signified: actions the icon initiate or the content that would be revealed. Metaphors, metonymy and
Icon_(computing)
Headquarters of ASEAN in Jakarta, Indonesia
terraces) as an homage to the region's agricultural heritage and a visual metaphor for ASEAN's cooperative growth. This terraced form under horizontal
ASEAN_Headquarters
Egyptian archaeological artifact
pre-dynastic palettes has more to do with establishing the king as a visual metaphor of the conquering hunter, caught in the moment of delivering a mortal
Narmer_Palette
2006 film by Spike Lee
wanted to create a visual distinction between the characters Russell (Owen) and Frazier (Washington), while incorporating visual metaphors. Russell's scenes
Inside_Man
Market research tool
The Zaltman metaphor elicitation technique (ZMET) is a market research tool. ZMET is a technique that elicits both conscious and especially unconscious
Zaltman metaphor elicitation technique
Zaltman_metaphor_elicitation_technique
2015 LGBT coming-of-age drama film
Lawther, Brossard, and Stevenson's performances, but criticized the visual metaphors and lack of character development. The Departure, along with Juliet
Departure_(2015_film)
Creator god and common motif of Aboriginal Australia
JSTOR 40387039 Taylor, Luke (June 1990), "The Rainbow Serpent as Visual Metaphor in Western Arnhem Land", Oceania, 60 (4, Special 60th Anniversary Issue):
Rainbow_Serpent
1964 political thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer
human characters into insignificance) is used to create a striking visual metaphor for control by the military machine. Highly enjoyable." In his Film
Seven_Days_in_May
American cartoonist
His illustrations were noted for cinematic staging and elaborate visual metaphor. In 1980, over 300 of his cartoons and sketches were donated to Virginia
Charles_Henry_Sykes
Wood engraving print by M. C. Escher
self-reference, and his inability to become truly three-dimensional as a visual metaphor for a lack of transcendence, the inability to "jump out of the system"
Dragon_(M._C._Escher)
Film genre popular before The Hays Code
the top of Gotham Trust. Her progress is illustrated in a recurring visual metaphor of the movie camera panning ever upward along the front of Gotham Trust's
Pre-Code_sex_films
Can This Love Be Translated? protagonist
crisp, tightly buttoned formal wear to softer, textured knits as a visual metaphor for the gradual cracking of his defenses and his character development
Joo_Ho-jin
Indian film actor
specifically mentioning the unique narrative style, attention to visual metaphors and Ujaan's "Gen Z" directorial vision. Ujaan is currently making his
Ujaan_Ganguly
Type of software
software, in 1994 for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. The software used a visual metaphor for dragging pages and a typewriter function for annotating electronic
PaperPort
British musician and author
as cartoon superheroes about to demolish the planet – an intended visual metaphor for the antipathy the mainstream has shown both artists' music over
Terry_Burrows
Metaphysical dependence relation between facts or entities
represent facts and arrows represent the grounding relation. This visual metaphor highlights how derivative facts depend on more fundamental ones, often
Metaphysical_grounding
Artworks created by Félix González-Torres
González-Torres' use of a clock, an item which only matters to the living, is a "visual metaphor for the crossover between that time and the nontime of the dead". Rounthwaite
"Untitled"_(Perfect_Lovers)
Japanese manga series and its franchise
The anime features several instances of Yuu depicted underwater as a visual metaphor, including one specific sequence from the beginning of the first episode
Bloom_Into_You
1942 animated Disney film
talking flora did not work in the context of the film, and instead a visual metaphor of two realistic leaves falling to the ground was used instead. Disney
Bambi
Japanese manga series
compensates for uneven CG with striking keyframes and fantastic use of visual metaphors. In 2023, Blue Lock won the New Face Award at the Japan Character Awards
Blue_Lock
2022 single by SZA
town and eventually betraying each other. The video features several visual metaphors, which represent SZA's various emotional burdens that she figuratively
Shirt_(song)
Motif in Christian iconography
winepress technology for the needs of an immediately recognisable visual metaphor, and one including a human figure in an unnatural place in the centre
Christ_in_the_winepress
2026 single by Katy Perry
the music video's visuals leaned heavily into Perry's "5° Scorpio placement". He further called it "an uncompromising visual metaphor for a sign known
Watch_It_Burn
2026 song by Kanye West
Hypebeast writer Sophie Caraan described the music video's conclusion as a visual metaphor that interrogates themes of power and public perception, though performance
King_(Kanye_West_song)
Hindu temple complex in New Jersey
(pyramidal domes) atop of the mandir. Symbolically, the shikhars are a visual metaphor for reaching spiritual enlightenment. A 120 ft (37 m) mahashikhar made
Swaminarayan Akshardham (Robbinsville)
Swaminarayan_Akshardham_(Robbinsville)
Japanese manga artist
major inspiration; like Hagio, their manga often explores gender and visual metaphor. Kamatani's debut work, Nabari no Ou (隠の王), was a "modern ninja manga"
Yuhki_Kamatani
Japanese manga series by Moto Hagio
without borders; scenes displayed in slanting frames that overlap; visual metaphor; and backgrounds that arouse strong emotion. For example, facial features
The_Heart_of_Thomas
2025 American film
pressures dulled it. In this context, the chaotic set functions as a visual metaphor for an artist so consumed by creative intensity that everyday concerns
Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only
Lady_Gaga_in_Harlequin_Live:_One_Night_Only
areas, probably intended to contrast the Old and New Testaments, in a visual metaphor that was to become characteristic of Eyckian painting. The panels contain
Melchior_Broederlam
Municipal building in Pakistan, Pakistan
the tyrant landlord Daad Saein. This iconic structure serves as a visual metaphor, accentuating the character's authoritative presence in the Pakistani
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Building
Karachi_Metropolitan_Corporation_Building
Ancestral character or trait state shared by two or more taxa
(2014-08-19). Aristotle's ladder, Darwin's tree : the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order. New York. ISBN 9780231537667. OCLC 884645828
Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy
Plesiomorphy_and_symplesiomorphy
Japanese manga series
which "[elevate] a simple game into an operatic duel of fates", with "visual metaphors that [turn] every pass into a battle". Guillermo Kurten of Comic Book
Haikyu!!
Episode in the life of Jesus
on Mount Sinai in Egypt. Byzantine Fathers often relied on highly visual metaphors in their writings, indicating that they may have been influenced by
Transfiguration_of_Jesus
Idealized aesthetic style of painting
connoisseurs used the term to describe paintings that incorporated visual metaphors in order to suggest noble qualities. It was Sir Joshua Reynolds who
Grand_manner
2018 studio album by Earl Sweatshirt
photograph with the music itself. Israel Daramola of Spin called it "an apt visual metaphor for the music itself, both in the image of a spark of life amidst chaos
Some_Rap_Songs
2025 song by Veronica Fusaro
cage of red ropes which formed a sort of spiderweb, to which is a visual metaphor of bullying. She was also accompanied by four dancers who were also
Alice_(Veronica_Fusaro_song)
American artist and graphic designer (born 1954)
original, just try to be good". She focuses on simplicity in creating visual metaphors for computer commands. Designing for the fullest range of users from
Susan_Kare
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