iconography
Pronunciation: /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/
The English word “iconography” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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 study of representative art in general.
Etymology
From icono- + -graphy.
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