Definition of Iconagraphy
I`co*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a
sketch or description; e'ikw`n an image + &?; to 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.
2. The study of representative art in
general.
Christian iconography, the study of the
representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity,
angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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