Ekphrastic (Ekphrasis) defined

From http://valerie6.myweb.uga.edu/ekphrasticpoetry.html:  Ekphrasis: writing that comments upon another art form, for instance a poem about a photograph or a novel about a film.  Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a prime example of this type of writing, since the entire poem concerns the appearance and meaning of an ancient piece of pottery.

From http://www.puddinghouse.com/ekphrastic.htm:  In ekphrasis, or ekphrastic art, there are initially two imaginations at work—that of the original artist, and that of the respondent through his/her medium.  (This link has some good examples of ekphrastic poetry.)

 Definition contributed by Keith Pruitt:  TMI: "Ekphrasis" is about the relationship between a visual/physical aesthetic object and words. "Ekphrastic" encompasses exegesis/explanation/commentary of any one medium of artistic expression by any other medium in a way that captures the "essence" of the former work of art in a way that mirrors visual-linguistic ekphrasis; singing about architecture, for example.