iconography
noun/ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/
Etymology From icono- + -graphy.
1
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
- The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024:
2
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
The study of representative art in general.
- Derived terms
- iconographer