A '''picture''' is a symbolic drawn representation meant to convey a similarity to something that exists in reality. The earliest forms of [[writing]] [[communication]] dealt with pictures, which predated written [[language]]. Pictures have also been a popular form of artistic representation.
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A '''picture''' is a symbolic drawn representation meant to convey a similarity to something that exists in reality.
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Many of the earliest forms of [[writing]] [[communication]] made use of pictures (or pictograms), such as [[hieroglyphics]] which pre-dated written [[language]]. Pictures have also been a popular form of artistic representation. Modern pictures are often created in the form of [[photograph]]s by using [[camera]]s.