Definition of Iconography

1. Noun. The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject. "The propagandistic iconography of a despot"

Generic synonyms: Icon, Ikon, Image, Picture

Definition of Iconography

1. n. 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.

Definition of Iconography

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Medical Definition of Iconography

1. 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. Origin: Gr. A sketch or description; an image + of describe: cf. F. Iconographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iconography

iconizes
iconizing
iconoclasm
iconoclasms
iconoclast
iconoclastic
iconoclasts
iconographer
iconographer
iconographers
iconographic
iconographic
iconographical
iconographies
iconography (current term)
iconography (current term)
iconolatries
iconolatry
iconological
iconologies
iconology
iconology
iconomachy
iconomania
iconophilist
iconoscope
iconoscopes
iconostases
iconostasis
iconotype

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