单词 | iconography |
释义 | iconographyn.ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > a graphic representation iconography1628 drawing1669 trace1744 tracing1811 bit map1973 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. iv. 254 Those curious Icnographies of Temples and Pallaces. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Iconography..is the platform or model of a House. 2. The description or illustration of any subject by means of drawings or figures; any book or work in which this is done; also, the branch of knowledge which deals with the representation of persons or objects by any application of the arts of design. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] tracingc1440 drawing1467 draught1551 protracture1551 delineation1570 proposition1584 delineating1603 protracting1661 iconography1678 graphic design1956 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > history or criticism of art art history1848 iconography1851 Kunstgeschichte1892 Morellianism1895 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Iconography, a Description by Cuts, etc. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. lxxviii. 213 An elaborate monument of some transaction of which no other trace remains to elucidate this imperfect iconography. 1851 E. J. Millington tr. A. N. Didron Christian Iconogr. (title) Christian Iconography; or, the History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 131 The iconography of the altar-canopy. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Sept. 4/2 Expensive large iconographies like Couch's, Yarrell's or Day's. 1939 E. Panofsky Stud. Iconol. i. 3 Iconography is that branch of the history of art which concerns itself with the subject matter or meaning of works of art, as opposed to their form. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 680/1 The iconography of the watermark is a new aspect of the study of the migration of symbols at present so popular among art historians. 1960 Listener 8 Dec. 1041/2 The fashion of so-called ‘iconography’ at this moment has produced many cumbersome interpretations. 1962 Listener 27 Sept. 473/2 The iconography of a work of art is its dramatic structure seen in terms of characters, situations, and images that are related to a specific religious, social, or historical context. 1969 Listener 17 Apr. 533/2 Now people are interested in iconography, in saying what the subject represents, and offering infinitely ingenious interpretations of every picture. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 555/1 Iconography, a term in art history..extended in the 20th c. to cover the whole descriptive investigation of the subject matter of the figurative arts... Iconography..studies the development of the themes which artists use, for instance the transformation of the images of planets in astrological manuscripts, the rise of genre painting, the origins of still life, and the use of political satire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1628 |
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