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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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In volume two, besides elaborating and decoding some of the tactics and strategies of volume one--including the analysis of themes and metaphors presented here two paragraphs above--Debord provides us with images of his world, "a set of iconographical evidence.
Here I examine the formal and iconographical properties of Kabiito's images, in which he incorporates fragments of indigenous objects, to discover how artifacts from known cultural contexts are transformed into pictorial signs.
Other iconographical elements, such as Leo's gaze to the left, the presence of two cardinal cousins, the bell, and the cross reflection on the palla, are not integrated into this interpretation.
 
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