iconography
/ˌaɪkəˈnɒgrəfɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun the use or study of images or symbols in visual arts（视觉艺术）图像研究; 图像志; 象征研究。
1.1
- the visual images, symbols, or modes of representation collectively associated with a person, cult, or movement（与个人、教派或运动相联系的）视觉形象集合, 标志集合, 表现方式集合：
the iconography of pop culture.
流行文化的标志集合。
2
- the illustration of a subject by drawings or figures插图, 插画, 图解。
2.1
- count noun a collection of illustrations or portraits插图集; 肖像集。
派生词
iconographer
nouniconographic
adjectiveiconographical
adjectiveiconographically adverb
词源
early 17th cent. (denoting a drawing or plan)： from Greek eikonographia 'sketch, description', from eikōn 'likeness' + -graphia 'writing'.