iconology

iconology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/

Noun

iconology (countable and uncountable, plural iconologies)

1. The study of icons in art or art history.

Related terms

• iconological
• iconologist

Translations

the study of icons

Chinese: Mandarin: 圖像學／图像学 (túxiàngxué) Dutch: iconologie (nl) c Finnish: ikonologia Japanese: 図像解釈学 (ずぞうかいしゃくがく, zuzōkaishakugaku), イコノロジー (ikonorojī) Kazakh: пұттану (pūttanu) Polish: ikonologia (pl) f Spanish: iconología (es) f

See also

• iconography

Anagrams

• coniology