Question

What is the difference between a common item you can buy in a store, like a sponge, and an artistic representation of a sponge?

Answer 1

The artistic sponge has meaning

Answer 2

Connotation

Step-by-step explanation:

An artistic representation of a common item, so simple as a sponge, can express several ideas, depending on what the artist wants to convey . In different contexts it can symbolize a different thing or idea , using the characteristics and functions of the sponge: it cleans, it absorbs, it is soft and rough, it is flexible, etc.