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iconography
[ ahy-kuh-nog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- subject matter in the visual arts, especially with reference to the conventions regarding the treatment of a subject in artistic representation.
- the study or analysis of subject matter and its meaning in the visual arts; iconology.
- a representation or a group of representations of a person, place, or thing, as a portrait or a collection of portraits.
iconography
/ aɪˌkɒnəˈɡræfɪk; ˌaɪkɒˈnɒɡrəfɪ /
noun
- the symbols used in a work of art or art movement
- the conventional significance attached to such symbols
- a collection of pictures of a particular subject, such as Christ
- the representation of the subjects of icons or portraits, esp on coins
Derived Forms
- iconographic, adjective
- ˌˈԴDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Dz·· [ahy-, kon, -, uh, -graf, -grahf], noun
- c·ԴDz۲· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of iconography1
Example Sentences
We might actually be doing something that’ll go down in history, not just the big battle sequence, but also just the iconography of that Joel scene at the end.
Among the objects housed at the property for safekeeping during the war were the 37 wooden panels from Van Dyck's unfinished iconography project.
Beyond question, though, Carter’s wood-and-concrete bench — a pew, a piece of American iconography — somehow withstood the ferocious fires that leveled Carter’s longtime home.
The case of Drakeo is distinct, and not just because his art and iconography have achieved posterity.
What she’s done is she’s used this very particular language, iconography and symbolism that so explicitly represents a culture that is specific to South Central and is using that to reach a wider international community.
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