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Meaning of iconography | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/

Definitions

  1. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The study of representative art in general.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Ikonografie
Español iconografía
Suomi ikonografia
Français iconographie
Bahasa Indonesia ikonografi
Italiano iconografia
日本語 図像学
한국어 도상학
Nederlands iconografie
Polski ikonografia
Português iconografia
Русский иконография
Türkçe ikonografi

Examples

“The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.”
“the iconography of the ancients”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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