iconographic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of iconographic
Example Sentences
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These ceremonies included visual and sonic iconographic elements of mythological deities of the Aztec underworld, which may also be symbolized in the Aztec death whistle.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Without images of an object, an iconographic study “is unintelligible,” says Vernon James Knight, an archaeologist and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama, who signed the petition.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023
The built-in décor of the iconographic Space Needle and International Fountain doesn’t hurt either.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
"The artwork is clearly iconographic and bears a close resemblance to the Middleham Jewel - there is every possibility that it was made by the same artist."
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2021
It seems to have taken the fancy of the early and mediæval public, and even of the iconographic public in a special degree.
From Brendan's Fabulous Voyage A Lecture delivered on January 19, 1893, before the Scottish Society of Literature and Art by Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of
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