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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

العربية علم رسم الأيقونات
Català iconografia
Deutsch Ikonografie
Ελληνικά εικονογραφία
Español iconografía
Suomi ikonografia
Français iconographie
Gaeilge íocónagrafaíocht
Galego iconografia
Bahasa Indonesia ikonografi
Italiano iconografia
日本語 図像学
한국어 도상학
Nederlands iconografie
Polski ikonografia
Português iconografia
Română iconografie
Русский иконография
Türkçe ikonografi imge

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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See also

iconolater iconolatry iconologist iconology iconomachist iconomachy

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