iconography

English

Etymology

From icon +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy.

Noun

iconography (countable and uncountable, plural iconographies)

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 iconography of the ancients
The study of representative art in general.

Translations

set of symbolic forms

French: iconographie (fr) f
German: Ikonografie f
Irish: íocónagrafaíocht f

Italian: iconografia (it) f
Spanish: iconografía (es) f

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