Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.

    Ikonografie

    иконографияikonografija

    іконографіяikonohrafija

    the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject

  2. (countable, uncountable)The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.

    the iconography of the ancients

  3. (countable, uncountable)The study of representative art in general.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. This iconography is typical of cave art.

  2. Over the centuries, Tibetan monks have created mandalas, fanciful images of the universe with complex iconography.

  3. The art of Russian iconography, with its intricate religious paintings, represents a profound spiritual connection and artistic expression.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
set of symbolic forms:
Русский
By meaning 1
set of symbolic forms:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
set of symbolic forms:

Forms

plural: iconographies
Singulariconography
Pluraliconographies

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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