# Representative image

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A **representative image** is an indirect visual depiction that summarizes events, brands, or services. Representative images are intended to quickly convey information through a singular image, allowing for quicker understanding; for example, when that particular event has not been visually captured or is visually available. The accuracy of the representative image in areas such as tourism can significantly affect users using [search engines](/source/Search_engine).[1] The degree of representativeness can vary significantly.[2]

## See also

- [Representation (arts)](/source/Representation_(arts))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kennedy, Lyndon S.; Naaman, Mor (2008-04-21). ["Generating diverse and representative image search results for landmarks"](https://doi.org/10.1145/1367497.1367539). *Proceedings of the 17th international conference on World Wide Web*. WWW '08. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 297–306. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1145/1367497.1367539](https://doi.org/10.1145%2F1367497.1367539). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-60558-085-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60558-085-2). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [3169379](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3169379).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Vyas, Krishna; Frasincar, Flavius (2020-02-01). ["Determining the most representative image on a Web page"](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002002551931014X). *Information Sciences*. **512**: 1234–1248. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ins.2019.10.045](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ins.2019.10.045). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[1765/120988](https://hdl.handle.net/1765%2F120988). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0020-0255](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0020-0255). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [209150114](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:209150114).

## Further reading

- Wollheim, Richard (1998). ["On Pictorial Representation"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/432361). *The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism*. **56** (3): 217–226. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/432361](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F432361). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0021-8529](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-8529). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [432361](https://www.jstor.org/stable/432361).

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