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i·co·nog·ra·phy  (k-ngr-f)
n. pl. i·co·nog·ra·phies
1.
a. Pictorial illustration of a subject.
b. The collected representations illustrating a subject.
2. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized work of art.
3. A treatise or book dealing with iconography.

[Late Latin conographia, description, verbal sketch, from Medieval Greek eikonographi : eikono-, icono- + -graphi, -graphy.]

ico·nogra·pher n.
i·cono·graphic (-kn-grfk), i·cono·graphi·cal adj.
Translations
iconographic [aɪˌkɒnəˈgræfɪk] ADJiconográfico
iconographic


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