iconography
/ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/
iconography noun: a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
Noun
iconography (countable and uncountable, plural iconographies)
- 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
- The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
- the iconography of the ancients
- The study of representative art in general.
iconography meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
iconography in Tamil
- படிமவியல், படவியல்
iconography in Kannada
- ಮೂರ್ತಿಶಿಲ್ಪ, ವಿಗ್ರಹ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
iconography in Tagalog
- set of symbolic forms
- ikonograpiya
iconography in Arabic
- set of symbolic forms
- علم رسم الأيقونات
More languagesFewer languages
- iconography in Indonesian
- ikonografi
- iconography in Persian
- شمایلنگاری
Examples of iconography in a sentence
- The relative scarcity of children's sarcophagi (i.e. of child-sized sarcophagi) and specifically child-related iconographies.
- My French stinks, Langdon thought, but my zodiac iconography is pretty good.
- The pitted breast and arms of the morphineuse became a key element in the iconography of needle-dancing.
Forms of iconography
| plural | iconographies |
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Origin of iconography
From icono- + -graphy.
Words formed from iconography
Words that rhyme with iconography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
- megalography
Questions about iconography
- What does iconography mean?
- Iconography means a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
- What is iconography in Tamil?
- Iconography in Tamil is படிமவியல், படவியல். See Iconography meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is iconography?
- Iconography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce iconography?
- Iconography is pronounced /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/.
- What is the plural of iconography?
- The plural of iconography is iconographies.
Words near iconography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: iconography (page history and authors); iconography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); iconography (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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