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In art history, a way to classify works of art with reference to its subject matter, themes, and symbolism, rather than style. Iconographic study can also be used when analysing the style of a work. Attaching significance to symbols can help to identify subject matter (for example, a saint holding keys usually represents St Peter) and makes it possible to place a work of art in its historical context. The pioneer of this approach was the German art historian Erwin Panofsky.



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Iconographical reference can be made in terms of allegories, stories and images, relating to the narrative analysis of the story or the signified in Mieke Bal's terms.
Possible worlds: a reading of three artworks from the Creative ... by Lotz, C. / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
Meanwhile, Borghini himself resorted to this very device in an iconographical program he devised for a series of tapestries; as Tomasi Velli acknowledges, even for Borghini there was a gap between theory and practice.
Le immagini e il tempo: Narrazione visiva, storia e allegoria tra ... by Andrews, Lew / Renaissance Quarterly
Available information from texts fails to explain the iconographical complexity of many images, especially those belonging to the early period.
Maitreya in literature and in the art of Xinjiang by Yaldiz, Marianne / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
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