Download or read book A Syncretistic Theory of Depiction written by A. Voltolini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is depiction? A new answer is given to this venerable question by providing a syncretistic theory of depiction that tries to combine the merits of the previous theories on the matter while dropping their defects. Thus, not only perceptual, but also both conventional and causal factors contribute in making something a picture of something else.