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Visualization refers to the cognitive functions of visual perception. In visualization, pictures combine aspects of naturalistic representation with more formal shapes to enhance cognitive understanding. These "diagrammatic" shapes derive from geometrical elements and thereby bestow visual concreteness to concepts conveyed by the pictures. Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings survive as masterful prototypes exemplifying these traits.
可视化指的是视觉感知的认知功能。在可视化中，图片将自然主义表现的各个方面与更形式化的形状相结合，以增强认知理解。这些“示意性”形状源自几何元素，从而赋予图片所传达概念以视觉上的具体性。列奥纳多·达·芬奇的解剖学绘图作为体现这些特征的精湛原型留存至今。
