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iconography

[ahy-kuh-nog-ruh-fee]

noun

plural

iconographies 
  1. symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.

  2. subject matter in the visual arts, especially with reference to the conventions regarding the treatment of a subject in artistic representation.

  3. the study or analysis of subject matter and its meaning in the visual arts; iconology.

  4. 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

    1. the symbols used in a work of art or art movement

    2. the conventional significance attached to such symbols

  1. a collection of pictures of a particular subject, such as Christ

  2. the representation of the subjects of icons or portraits, esp on coins

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • iconograph noun
  • iconographer noun
  • iconographic adjective
  • ˌˈԴDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of iconography1

1620–30; < Medieval Latin īDzԴDz󾱲 < Greek 𾱰DzԴDzí. See icono-, -graphy
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"It's got this fascinating iconography of a little figure with a long cross - explicitly Christian - over the valknut design, which has pagan roots."

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Photos emerged on Saturday showing the communist revolutionary - who features prominently in Soviet iconography - lying on his back on the ground, having been lowered by crane.

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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.

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Among the objects housed at the property for safekeeping during the war were the 37 wooden panels from Van Dyck's unfinished iconography project.

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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.

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