iconology
n.
branch of art history that studies artistic images and their symbolic representations; iconography, study of visual images; study of icons and symbols
Iconography
Iconography is the branch of
art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means "image writing", or painting, and comes from the
Greek εικον (image) and γραφειν (to write). A secondary meaning is the painting of
icons in the
Byzantine and
Orthodox Christian tradition. A third meaning lies in the field of
semiotics, see below.
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iconology
Noun
1. the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
(hypernym) art history
Iconology
(n.)
The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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iconology
Synonyms and related words:
allegory, charactery, cipher, conventional symbol, emblem, ideogram, logogram, logotype, love knot, pictogram, symbol, symbolic system, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, token, totem, totem pole, type
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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