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Webster 1913 Edition
Iconography
Iˊco-nog′ra-phy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a sketch or description;
εἰκών
an image + [GREEK] of describe: cf. F. 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 ancients2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Iconography
ICONOG'RAPHY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
iconography
iconography
English
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 iconography of the ancients
- The study of representative art in general.
Translations
set of symbolic forms
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