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Position:Home>General - Arts & Humanities > Word for description of a work of art within a work of literature?Question: Word for description of a work of art within a work of literature?I am referring to the ancient world, i.e. where say, Virgil describes the shield of Anaeus in The Aeneid. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
In rhetorics, two words are used: The latin word is "descriptio" and the greek word is "ekphrasis". |