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iconology|aɪkəˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[mod. f. Gr. εἰκών, εἰκονο- image: see -logy. Cf. Gr. εἰκονολογία figurative speaking, whence It. iconologia (1611 Cæsare Ripa), F. iconologie (1636 Baudouin), in titles of collections of pieces of rhetorical imagery (cf. quot. 1777); but this is distinct from the extant use.]
1. That branch of knowledge which deals with the subject of icons (in any sense of the word); also the subject-matter of this study, icons collectively, or as objects of investigation, etc.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Iconology, interpretation of ancient Images, Monuments, and Emblems. [1777G. Richardson (title) Iconology; or, a Collection of emblematical Figures, moral and instructive, with Explanations from classical Authorities.] 1808R. K. Porter Trav. Sk. Russ. & Swed. (1813) I. vi. 48 Professors of..mythology, and iconology. 1851Sir C. Eastlake tr. Kugler's Sch. Paint. Italy i. i. 6 The violent aversion entertained by the Christians for the Iconology of Heathendom kept, as was natural, equal pace. 1939M. Praz Stud. 17th-Cent. Imagery I. iv. 184 Iconology during the period of enlightenment in philosophy and in literature, takes the place held by emblematics during the age of the Jesuits and the Baroque. 1949Wellek & Warren Theory of Lit. xi. 125 The conceptual and symbolic meanings of works of art (‘Iconology’). 1956E. Panofsky Meaning in Visual Arts 31 The discovery and interpretation of these ‘symbolical’ values (which are often unknown to the artist himself and may even emphatically differ from what he consciously intended to express) is the object of what we may call ‘iconology’ as opposed to ‘iconography’. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 278/3 If the Institute were not called after its founder, tout court, and had to find a compendious title to describe its activities, it might surely best be called an Institute of Iconology, as being a body dedicated to the study and interpretation of historical processes through visual images.
2. Symbolical representation; symbolism.
1849J. R. Jackson Lett. Minerals 225 In the language of Iconology, the Diamond is the symbol of constancy, of strength, of innocence, and other heroic virtues. 1862Ecclesiologist XXIII. 58 The iconology of these decorations is as follows:—Over the chancel arch is the Doom [etc.].
Hence iconoˈlogical a., of or relating to iconology. icoˈnologist, one versed in iconology.
1851E. J. Millington tr. Didron's Chr. Iconogr. I. 369 Jesus, to an Iconologist, is present in the cross as well as in the lamb, or the lion. 1854Ecclesiologist XV. 25 This great iconological work. 1938E. Panofsky in Jrnl. Warburg Inst. I. 23 From the purely iconological point of view the Ottawa picture may be compared to the two Cassone panels. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 278/3 On the contrary, the uniquely valuable and fruitful idea embodied in the Warburgian programme is the iconological idea; it is of universal application, and thus of service to all the special historical disciplines mentioned. |