Iconology

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  • noun. The branch of art history that deals with the description, analysis, and interpretation of icons or iconic representations.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The science or art of representation by effigies or pictures.
  • noun. A description of statues, pictures, engravings, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. iconography.
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  • noun. The study of icons in art or art history.
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  • noun. the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
    • Word Usage
    "Erwin Panofsky, with whose name iconology has been connected ever since, not only developed its theoretical foundations, but contributed by his practi - cal work in art history to the main triumph of iconol - ogy after the Second World War."
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    iconography  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    art history  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Vandal  ancestor-worship  associationism  hagiology  iconoclast  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allegory  charactery  cipher  conventional symbol  emblem  
    variant
    iconography  
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