iconography

use of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts
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iconography

Summary

iconography is an artistic concept[1]. iconography draws 5,801 Wikipedia views per month (artistic_concept category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • iconography's instance of is recorded as artistic concept[3].
  • iconography is a type of symbolism[4].
  • iconography is a type of art history[5].
  • iconography is a type of symbol[6].
  • iconography is part of art history[7].
  • iconography's Commons category is recorded as Iconography[8].
  • iconography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iconography[9].
  • iconography's Commons gallery is recorded as Iconography[10].
  • iconography's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11].
  • iconography's uses is recorded as symbol[12].
  • iconography's uses is recorded as artistic theme[13].
  • iconography's uses is recorded as topic[14].
  • iconography's practiced by is recorded as iconographer[15].

Body

Definition and Type

iconography's instance of is recorded as artistic concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include symbolism[4], art history[5], and symbol[6].

Use and Application

iconography is part of art history[7].

Why It Matters

iconography draws 5,801 Wikipedia views per month (artistic_concept category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] iconography has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] iconography is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 20.20
    Harper's tag → iconography
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX526837
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX526837"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001408-ikonografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001408-ikonografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Uses → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Iconography
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3744, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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