n. 图像材料, 图示法, 肖像研究

[医] 影像学, 影像塑造术

[ noun ]
the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
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religious iconographythe propagandistic iconography of a despot

Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a sketch or
description; e'ikw`n an image + ? of describe: cf. F.
iconographie.]
1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the
description or study of portraiture or representation, as
of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

2. The study of representative art in general.

{Christian iconography}, the study of the representations in
art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels,
saints, virtues, vices, etc.