Iconography Definition

īkə-nŏgrə-fē
iconographies
noun
Pictorial illustration of a subject.
American Heritage
The art of representing or illustrating by pictures, figures, images, etc.
Webster's New World
The collected representations illustrating a subject.
American Heritage
The study of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts.
Webster's New World
Icons collectively; esp., any system, use, or collection of symbols or images of a particular artist, artistic or historical period, religious tradition, etc.
Hindu iconography, the iconography of William Blake.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Iconography

Noun

Singular:
iconography
Plural:
iconographies

Origin of Iconography

  • Late Latin īconographia description, verbal sketch from Medieval Greek eikonographiā eikono- icono- -graphiā -graphy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • icon +‎ -ography

    From Wiktionary

Iconography Sentence Examples

  • Its influence on the iconography of medieval art was great.

  • After visiting and examining the principal churches, first of Normandy, then of central and southern France, he was on his return appointed by Guizot secretary to the Historical Committee of Arts and Monuments (1835); and in the following years he delivered several courses of lectures on Christian iconography at the Bibliotheque Royale.

  • Prynne posits a conflict between the iconography available through meditational perceptions of nature, and the iconography of religious art and pious objects.

  • All banks will be painted sky blue and have new iconography aimed to make them more appealing to the public.

  • In religious iconography, being shown beneath an arch is a traditional sign of divinity.

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Words Starting With

IICICO

Words Ending With

YHYPHY

Unscrambles

iconography

Words Starting With I and Ending With Y

Starts With I & Ends With YStarts With IC & Ends With YStarts With I & Ends With HY

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With I11 Letter Words Ending With Y