Illustration
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films.
Illustration
But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
Frank Stella in: Alan D. Bryce Art Smart: The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market, Dundurn, 1 January 2007, p. 55.