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IconographySource: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a sketch or
description; e'ikw`n an image + ? of 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.
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2. The study of representative art in general.
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Christian iconography, the study of the representations in
art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels,
saints, virtues, vices, etc.
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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
iconography
n : the images and symbolic representations that are
traditionally associated with a person or a subject;
"religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography
of a despot"
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "iconography": alphabet, art, blueprint, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, conventional representation, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, exemplification, figuration, hieroglyphic, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, map, musical notation, notation, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, projection, realization, rendering, rendition, representation, schema, score, script, syllabary, symbol, tablature, writing Matching Word(s) Iconograph Ichnography
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