Iconography

Study of the theme of images, art themes in the history of art. The meaning of a work of art is usually expressed by a specific object or character selected by the artist and the purpose of the image is to identify, classify and interpret these objects. In studies of religious and allegorical paintings with special meanings such as the cross, skull, books, candles, imaging studies are particularly important. Usually it is ambiguous or symbolic.

In this article, Panofsky cites the distinction widely used between "preimage", "image", and "image". In the same article, the word "imagery" is presented as "imageology" in "deeper meaning" and can be found in the article by Panofsky. Image Study: The Renaissance Humanities Theme (New York: Oxford University Press, 1939)

The terms "icon theory" and "image theory" are often confused and will never give definitions acceptable to all iconists and iconists. In 1955, Panofsky (cited in review) defines 'imageography' and 'iconology' as subject research in visual art, trying to analyze the importance of the theme in the culture in which it was produced did. Prior to Erwin Panafski, many art historians called themselves "imagers", they participated in what Panafsky had called "image studies". Another cause of semantic differences comes from Panofsky and his school's excessive interpretation. However, maintaining the distinction between imaging and imaging seems to be useful as raising concerns about the fundamental difference between word research and image research.

Imagery - a study of the symbolic (usually religious) meaning of things, characters and events depicted in art works. Imagery is essentially the interpretation of symbols in a cultural environment: We recognize Superman, Uncle Sam and Santa Claus from their symbolic costumes (their attributes). The process of medievalization of art from the early Christian era was promoted by many social and historical factors. These included the influence of the East, including empire worship and Christianity in the late Roman Empire, the European fortress mentality (invasion of barbarians) and the expansion of Islam, the feudal political and social organization, and the Romans Its origin is included. German mixture. These historical and social factors seem to have produced a new visual process embodied in the Archaeological Temples of Constantine and the early Christian mosaics.