Artists

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Almost all objects you interact with on a Matplotlib plot are called "Artist" (and are subclasses of the .Artist class). :doc:Figure <../figure/index> and :doc:Axes <../axes/index> are Artists, and generally contain ~.axis.Axis Artists and Artists that contain data or annotation information.

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artist_intro

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Automated color cycle <color_cycle>
Optimizing Artists for performance <performance>
Paths <paths>
Path effects guide <patheffects_guide>
Understanding the extent keyword argument of imshow <imshow_extent>
transforms_tutorial