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Definition: ICONOGRAPHY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot".[Wordnet]
2. 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.[Websters]
3. The study of representative art in general.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Iconography" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology:Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, noun. [Greek expression sketch or description; e'ikw`n an image to describe: compare to the French expression iconographie.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ICONOGRAPHY

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The description of images or ancient statues, busts, semi-busts, paintings in fresco, mosaic works, and ancient pieces of miniature.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Technology The art of illustration or representation by means of pictures, figures, or images, developed to a high degree in the artistic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox faith. Also refers to the study of the pictorial representation of objects or people, in portraits, paintings, photographs, sculpture, coins, etc., and to the result of such study, especially when it takes the form of detailed lists of representations. (references)
Wikipedic Iconography is the study and interpretation of images in art. This includes both religious and secular images of all varieties. (references)
Wiktionary [Noun] A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art. (references)

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Common Expressions: ICONOGRAPHY

Expressions Definition
Christian iconography The study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
The Iconography of Manhattan Island The Iconography of Manhattan Island is a six volume study of the architecture of New York City by Isaac Newton Phelps-Stokes, published between 1915 and 1928. It shows the evolution of the Manhattan skyline from the sixteenth century to the early years of the twentieth century. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: ICONOGRAPHY

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Iconography of the Buddha (Thailand and Laos) 21     Hindu iconography 19
Hindu iconography 19     Iconography of the Buddha (Thailand and Laos) 21
Manga iconography 14     Manga iconography 14
The Iconography of Manhattan Island 6     The Iconography of Manhattan Island 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: iconography
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

imagery, portraiture, illustrations, schema, illustration, figure, iconology.
Consider also: design, form, appearance, character, estimate, shape, cost, contour, emblem, example, fashion, image, number, configuration, case, depiction, description, exemplification, portrait, rate.

Other

diagrammatize, illustrate.
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Computed Synonyms: iconography

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0190   iconography     illustration     picture, figure, image, explanation, example   
 2   2.1594   iconography     iconology     imagery, icon, representation, burn injury, scald   
 3   2.0291   iconography     icteric     jaundiced, icterical, icteritious, jaudiced, larval   
 4   2.0091   iconography     portrayer     representer, describer, picturer, delineator, characterizer   
 5   2.0090   iconography     painter     tinter, picturer, stopper, dent, bruise   
 6   2.0089   iconography     figure     shape, picture, image, form, number   
 7   1.1091   iconography     commentary     comment, annotation, remark, explanation, gloss   
 8   1.0191   iconography     instance     example, case, event, sample, occurrence   
 9   1.0091   iconography     diagram     chart, figure, scheme, plan, design   
 10   1.0090   iconography     memorial     monument, remembrance, memory, souvenir, memoir   
 11   1.0090   iconography     annals     chronicle, records, record, almanac, history   
 12   1.0090   iconography     chronicle     history, annals, story, Chronicles, tale   
 13   1.0089   iconography     plan     design, scheme, project, intention, plot   
 14   1.0089   iconography     tune     melody, adjust, tone, air, attune   
 15   1.0089   iconography     motif     motive, theme, subject, reason, topic   
--------------------     8 synonyms ranked from 16 to 23 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: iconography

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0090   iconography     main topic     topic, thematic, burden   
 2   1.0086   iconography     picture researcher     iconographer   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: iconography

Context Synonyms within Context

Representation

Iconography, art, autoradiography, cinematography, delineation, depictment, design, designing, engraving, fine arts, fluorography, illustration, imagery, imitation, painting, photography, portraiture, radiography, representation, representment, sciagraphy, sculpture.

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Translations: ICONOGRAPHY

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya الأ يقنة صناع التماثيل (iconography), رمزية التصوير أو النحت (iconography), موضوع الأيقونة أو الصورة (iconography), الأيقنة (iconography), صنع الأيقونات (iconography). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha الأ يقنة صناع التماثيل (iconography), رمزية التصوير أو النحت (iconography), موضوع الأيقونة أو الصورة (iconography), الأيقنة (iconography), صنع الأيقونات (iconography). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Albanian ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic الأ يقنة صناع التماثيل (iconography), رمزية التصوير أو النحت (iconography), موضوع الأيقونة أو الصورة (iconography), الأيقنة (iconography), صنع الأيقونات (iconography). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia ilmu arca (iconography), ikonografy (iconography). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski иконография (iconography), илюстрация (figure, iconography, illustration, instance). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) ikonografiya (iconography), ilyustratsiya (figure, iconography, illustration, instance). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian ikonografija (iconography), ikonografie (iconography), kronika (chronicle, annals, commentary, journal, iconography). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese iconografia (iconography, icteric), iconoclasta (iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconography). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian иконография (iconography), илюстрация (figure, iconography, illustration, instance). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) ikonografiya (iconography), ilyustratsiya (figure, iconography, illustration, instance). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai ศิลปการแสดงด้วยภาพ (iconography). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina ikonografija (iconography), ikonografie (iconography), kronika (chronicle, annals, commentary, journal, iconography). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 肖像画法 (portraiture, iconography), 肖像研究 (iconography), 肖像学 (iconography), 图解 (diagrammatize, iconography, illustrate, illustration, schema), 图解书 (iconography). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 肖像畫法 (iconography), 肖像學 (iconography). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Croatian ikonografija (iconography). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech ikonografija (iconography), ikonografie (iconography), kronika (chronicle, annals, commentary, journal, iconography). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian iconografie (iconography). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari پيكر نگار (portraitist, portrayer, iconography), پيكرنگار (painter, iconography, portraitist, portrayer), پیکرنگار (iconography, painter). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Ikonographie (iconography), Ikonografie (iconography). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch iconografie (iconography). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Eesti ikonograafia (iconography). Additional references: Eesti, Estonia, Finland, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Estonian ikonograafia (iconography). Additional references: Estonian, Estonia, Finland, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Français iconographie (iconography), iconographe (iconographer, picture researcher, iconography). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
French iconographie (iconography), iconographe (iconographer, picture researcher, iconography). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
German Ikonographie (iconography), Ikonografie (iconography). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek εικονογραφία (iconography, illustration), εικονογραφ α (iconography). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) eikonografia (iconography, illustration), eikonograf a (iconography). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 도상학 (iconography, iconology), 도해 (illustration, figure, diagram, iconography, map), 초상연구 (iconography), 도상법 (iconography), 연구 (research, inquiry, study, investigation, consideration), 도해법 (iconography). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 도상학 (iconography, iconology), 도해 (illustration, figure, diagram, iconography, map), 초상연구 (iconography), 도상법 (iconography), 연구 (research, inquiry, study, investigation, consideration), 도해법 (iconography). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew היפרגונוקיא (iconography), אִיקוֹנוֹגְרַפְיָה (iconography), חקר סמלים (iconography). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic الأ يقنة صناع التماثيل (iconography), رمزية التصوير أو النحت (iconography), موضوع الأيقونة أو الصورة (iconography), الأيقنة (iconography), صنع الأيقونات (iconography). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Ikonographie (iconography), Ikonografie (iconography). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Ikonographie (iconography), Ikonografie (iconography). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian ikonográfia (iconography). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian ilmu arca (iconography), ikonografy (iconography). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian iconografia (iconography), iconografia musicale (iconography of music). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit היפרגונוקיא (iconography), אִיקוֹנוֹגְרַפְיָה (iconography), חקר סמלים (iconography). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese イコノグラフィー (iconography), 図像学 (iconography, iconology), ずぞうがく (iconography), 肖像研究書 (iconography), 図像法 (iconography), 図像 (icon, iconography), 主題 (motif, subject, theme, iconography, lemma). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 도상학 (iconography, iconology), 도해 (illustration, figure, diagram, iconography, map), 초상연구 (iconography), 도상법 (iconography), 연구 (research, inquiry, study, investigation, consideration), 도해법 (iconography). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian ikonogrāfija (iconography). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska ikonogrāfija (iconography). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch ikonogrāfija (iconography). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish ikonogrāfija (iconography). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar ikonográfia (iconography). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian iconografie (iconography). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi پيكر نگار (portraitist, portrayer, iconography), پيكرنگار (painter, iconography, portraitist, portrayer), پیکرنگار (iconography, painter). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian پيكر نگار (portraitist, portrayer, iconography), پيكرنگار (painter, iconography, portraitist, portrayer), پیکرنگار (iconography, painter). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) پيكر نگار (portraitist, portrayer, iconography), پيكرنگار (painter, iconography, portraitist, portrayer), پیکرنگار (iconography, painter). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish ikonografia (iconography). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch ikonografia (iconography). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski ikonografia (iconography). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese iconografia (iconography, icteric), iconoclasta (iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconography). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian iconografie (iconography). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian iconografie (iconography). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi ikonografi (iconography), bildstudium (iconography), bildbeskrivning (iconography). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian иконография (iconography), Иконопись (Iconography). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) ikonografiya (iconography), ikonopisʹ (Iconography). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki иконография (iconography), Иконопись (Iconography). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) ikonografiya (iconography), ikonopisʹ (Iconography). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) ikonografija (iconography). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese ศิลปการแสดงด้วยภาพ (iconography). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovak ikonografia (iconography). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovakian ikonografia (iconography). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish iconografía (iconography). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai ศิลปการแสดงด้วยภาพ (iconography). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska ikonografi (iconography), bildstudium (iconography), bildbeskrivning (iconography). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish ikonografi (iconography), bildstudium (iconography), bildbeskrivning (iconography). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai ศิลปการแสดงด้วยภาพ (iconography). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang ศิลปการแสดงด้วยภาพ (iconography). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish resmetme (portrayal, portrayals, iconography), resimleme (iconography), portrelerin (iconography), imgelerin vb incelenmesi (iconography), heykel ya da resimle canlandırma (iconography). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian іконографія (iconography). Additional references: Ukrainian, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) іkonografіya (iconography). Additional references: Ukrainian, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu مورتوں کا بیان۔ بتوں کا تذکرہ۔ بت نامہ۔ تمثال کشی۔ پیکر نگاری۔ شرح تمثال اولیاء (iconography). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), iconography. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ICONOGRAPHY

Language Translations for “iconography” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagicathagonathagograthagaphyathag (iconography). Additional references: Athag, iconography. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agicagonagogragaphyag (iconography). Additional references: Double Dutch, iconography. (volunteer)
Leet |(0//0&|z/-\|o[-]V/ (iconography). Additional references: Leet, iconography. (volunteer)
Oppish opicoponopogropaphyop (iconography). Additional references: Oppish, iconography. (volunteer)
Pig Latin iconographyway (iconography). Additional references: Pig Latin, iconography. (volunteer)
Terran A mngon rtogs (abbreviation of realization, daily practice text, description, iconography, liturgical text). Additional references: Terran A, iconography. (volunteer)
Terran B ikonografi (iconography). Additional references: Terran B, iconography. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubicubonubogrubaphyub (iconography). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, iconography. (volunteer)
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