ICONOGRAPHIES

Noun

iconographies

plural of iconography

Source: Wiktionary


ICONOGRAPHY

I`co*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. iconographie.]

1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

2. The study of representative art in general. Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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