Definition of mythography in English:
mythography
noun mɪˈθɒɡrəfiməˈθɑɡrəfi
mass noun1The representation of myths in art.
Example sentencesExamples
- In terms of art production, the period of mythography is characterized by a return to romantic pictorialism and by monumental propaganda.
2The creation or collection of myths.
Example sentencesExamples
- This author explains how Romantic mythography, nineteenthcentury linguistics, and racism ‘resurfaced’ in academic orientalism.
- In Hesiod's poem, as understood in Renaissance mythography, the myth of the birth of Venus recapitulated in little how the universe sustains itself through a lucky harmony of opposed elements.
- Bresson reinforces the anachronism with some anomalous mythography.
Definition of mythography in US English:
mythography
nounməˈTHäɡrəfēməˈθɑɡrəfi
1The representation of myths, especially in the plastic arts.
Example sentencesExamples
- In terms of art production, the period of mythography is characterized by a return to romantic pictorialism and by monumental propaganda.
2The creation or collection of myths.
Example sentencesExamples
- This author explains how Romantic mythography, nineteenthcentury linguistics, and racism ‘resurfaced’ in academic orientalism.
- Bresson reinforces the anachronism with some anomalous mythography.
- In Hesiod's poem, as understood in Renaissance mythography, the myth of the birth of Venus recapitulated in little how the universe sustains itself through a lucky harmony of opposed elements.