The paper is a contribution to the subject of transmediality, that is, convergence of the verbal and non-verbal arts within the semiosphere. Specifically, the author focuses on master tropes. which - as a reflection of artistic imagination - shape literary discourse. The author claims their presence in the visual arts as well. Using some chosen examples of artworks, the author argues that the neo-classical tetrad of metaphor-metonymy-synecdoche-irony (Vico, Burke, White) is also discernible in the painted/sculpted media. She proposes the extension of Vichian set to include such figures as simile and antithesis. She also raises the issue of universality vs. culture-specificity of semiotic figuration.