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Statue vs Iconography - What's the difference?

statue | iconography |

As a verb statue

is .

As a noun iconography is

a set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.

statue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I will raise her statue in pure gold.
  • (dated) A portrait.
    • (Massinger)

    Hypernyms

    * image, sculpture, simulacrum

    Hyponyms

    * bust, figurine

    Derived terms

    * statued * statuelike * statuesque

    Related terms

    * statuary * statuette

    Verb

    (statu)
  • To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
  • * Feltham
    • The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    iconography

    English

    (wikipedia iconography)

    Noun

  • A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
  • The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
    • the iconography of the ancients
  • The study of representative art in general.