iconography
noun
symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
iconographer
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a word derived from
iconography.
Example Sentences
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Doox decided then and there to become an iconographer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
The iconographer said he had known the King for 25 years and had previously had pieces commissioned by him, so the phone call had not been a huge shock.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
“It was her father who was mentally ill, not Dymphna,” said William Hart McNichols, a priest and iconographer who painted St. Dymphna in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2022
A Greek iconographer is integrating traditional designs with imagery from 9/11, including tributes to slain rescue workers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
And he could not become the conscious iconographer of a religion because he had no conscious religion.
From Back to Methuselah by Bernard Shaw
