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iconology

A more detailed form of iconography that analyses the meaning of pictorial motifs and symbols within the context of their original significance. It is an approach to art history pioneered by Erwin Panofsky.



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For a thorough, revisionist analysis of its context, meaning, and iconography, see Shimao Arata, Josetsu-hitsu Hyonenzu: Hyotan namazu no ikonorojii (Josetsu's Hyonenzu: the iconology of the gourd catfish) (Tokyo, 1996).
Oppenheim's work could be seen as critical dialogue with various attempts to make art legible by subjecting it to a linguistic model--from Panofskyan iconology to the Conceptual art of the era from which the alphabet posters stem.
 
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