'Iconography' definitions:
Definition of 'iconography'
From: WordNet
noun
The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot"
Definition of '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]
Synonyms of 'iconography'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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