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Watercolors Paintings Drawings & Sketches Tree Photos Artists Arts Greg's Art Journal Supporters the Arts Conservation Human Rights | Definitions: Icon & IconographyWhat is an Icon & Iconography?The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition, 1985 defines iconography in the following way: Iconography 1. a. Pictorial illustration of a given subject. b. The collected representations of illustrating a subject. 2. a. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or them of a stylized work of art. b. The conventions of defining them and governing their interrelationship. 3. A treatise or book dealing with iconography. We are not to thrilled with the first definition because fails to indicate that the "given subject" must have certain qualities which which make an icon and which distinguish it from most other subjects. That is an icon always has the qualities of familiarity and commonality by which the image is common and familiar to many people. Click on icon for a definition and discussion of icons. The second definition of iconography points to the icon painting traditions of the Christian church, especially the Russian, Byzantine and Egyptian churches. Iconography can also be defined as the art of painting subjects that are icons (that are universally familiar or common) in systematic and historically grounded style of painting, especially found in certain Christian art traditions. This is sometimes called iconographic painting or icon painting. Although icons themselves are found in every discipline iconographic painting is mostly a discipline that centers around Christian imagery. |
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