iconography

English

Etymology

From icon +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy.

Noun

iconography (countable and uncountable, plural iconographies)

1. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
2. The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.

   the iconography of the ancients

3. The study of representative art in general.

Translations

set of symbolic forms

• Catalan: iconografia (ca) f
• French: iconographie (fr) f
• German: Ikonografie f
• Irish: íocónagrafaíocht f
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• Italian: iconografia (it) f
• Portuguese: iconografia (pt) f
• Spanish: iconografía (es) f