ICONOGRAPHY

iconography

(noun) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; “religious iconography”; “the propagandistic iconography of a despot”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

iconography (countable and uncountable, plural iconographies)

A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.

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

The study of representative art in general.

Source: Wiktionary


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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