Practice question · True or false
In Panofsky's usage, iconography and iconology name different levels of the method.
Hints
- Ask which level identifies subjects and which interprets a culture.
- Iconography is level 2; iconology is level 3.
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True
Why
True, and the distinction is his whole architecture. Iconography identifies what an image represents; iconology interprets what the choice of that subject, treated that way, reveals about the age. Using them as synonyms makes his three correctives unintelligible.
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