Iconography

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a sketch or
     description; e'ikw`n an image + ? 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 ancients.


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     2. The study of representative art in general.
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     {Christian iconography}, the study of the representations in
        art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels,
        saints, virtues, vices, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  iconography
       n : the images and symbolic representations that are
           traditionally associated with a person or a subject;
           "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography
           of a despot"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "iconography":
     alphabet, art, blueprint, charactering, characterization, chart,
     choreography, conventional representation, dance notation,
     delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, drama,
     drawing, exemplification, figuration, hieroglyphic, ideogram,
     illustration, imagery, imaging, letter, limning, logogram,
     logograph, map, musical notation, notation, pictogram,
     picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement,
     presentment, printing, projection, realization, rendering,
     rendition, representation, schema, score, script, syllabary,
     symbol, tablature, writing