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Traditional English :: iconography
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iconographer.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the illustration of a subject by drawings or figures. 2 a the study of portraits, esp. of an individual. b the study of artistic images or symbols. 3 a treatise on pictures or statuary. 4 a book whose essence is pictures. iconographer n. iconographic adj. iconographical adj. iconographically adv. [Gk eikonographia sketch (as ICONO- + -GRAPHY)] |
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Traditional English :: icono-
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iconographer.html - comb. form an image or likeness. [Gk eikon] |
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Traditional English :: iconoclasm
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iconographer.html - n.
1 the breaking of images.
2 the assailing of cherished beliefs. [ICONOCLAST after enthusiasm etc.] |
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Traditional English :: iconoclast
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iconographer.html - n. 1 a person who attacks cherished beliefs. 2 a person who destroys images used in religious worship, esp. hist. during the 8th-9th c. in the Churches of the East, or as a Puritan of the 16th-17th c. iconoclastic adj. iconoclastically adv. [med.L iconoclastes f. eccl.Gk eikonoklastes (as ICONO-, klao break)] |
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Traditional English :: iconography
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iconographer.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the illustration of a subject by drawings or figures. 2 a the study of portraits, esp. of an individual. b the study of artistic images or symbols. 3 a treatise on pictures or statuary. 4 a book whose essence is pictures. iconographer n. iconographic adj. iconographical adj. iconographically adv. [Gk eikonographia sketch (as ICONO- + -GRAPHY)] |
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Traditional English :: iconolatry
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iconographer.html - n. the worship of images. iconolater n. [eccl.Gk eikonolatreia (as ICONO-, -LATRY)] |
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