01 n. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconogra…
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The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.
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2.
The study of representative art in general.
Phrases & compounds
Christian iconography —
the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.