iconography

English

Etymology

From icono- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

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.
    • 1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 26 April 2024:
      The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.
  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.

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