Iconology

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition n. The branch of art history that deals with the description, analysis, and interpretation of icons or iconic representations n. A description of statues, pictures, engravings, etc. from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. n. the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
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Ouroboros – Cosmic Serpent And The Self-Devourer – Universal, Powerful Symbol Of Great Antiquity | Ancient Pages
Ouroboros – Cosmic Serpent And The Self-Devourer – Universal, Powerful Symbol Of Great Antiquity
Visite des temples de Borobudur et Prambanan près de Yogyakarta
Temple de Prambanan, Java, Indonésie
La Red Cultural del Banco de la República
Ear ornaments Gold 500 b.C. - 300 A.D. Tumaco, South America.
El electrón, una aleación de oro y plata muy empleada en el antiguo Egipto, sirvió de base para crear esta pequeña estatua del dios Horus.
Innana
The Goddess Inanna in breast-offering pose. As early as 3500 B.C.E. Inanna was worshiped as the great Goddess of Sumeria. Also known as Queen of Heaven and Earth, Priestess of Heaven, Light of the World, First Daughter of the Moon, Righteous Justice, Holy Shepherdess, and Loud Thundering Storm.
Virtual Artifacts
Inlays in the form of the "Horus of Gold", falcon with spread wings and Thoth as the ibis with a maat feather. Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period Date: 4th century B.C. Geography: Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (el-Ashmunein) Medium: Faience, polychrome. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Virtual Artifacts
Inlays in the form of the "Horus of Gold", falcon with spread wings and Thoth as the ibis with a maat feather. Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period Date: 4th century B.C. Geography: Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (el-Ashmunein) Medium: Faience, polychrome. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paleolithic Female Figurine -- Circa 23,000-21,000 BCE -- The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Vinca Culture (Old Europe).
Vinca culture, Balkan, 5,400 and 4,700 BC
Virtual Artifacts
Inlays in the form of the "Horus of Gold", falcon with spread wings and Thoth as the ibis with a maat feather. Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period Date: 4th century B.C. Geography: Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (el-Ashmunein) Medium: Faience, polychrome. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tibetan Book of Proportions
'An eighteenth-century pattern book consisting of 36 ink drawings showing precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the Buddha and Bodhisattva figures. Written in Newari script with Tibetan numerals, the book was apparently produced in Nepal for use in Tibet.