'Christian iconography' definitions:

Definition of 'Christian iconography'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The study of representative art in general. [1913 Webster]
  • Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc. [1913 Webster]