Practice question · True or false
In Panofsky's scheme, saying "thirteen men are seated at a long table and one is gesturing" belongs to the pre-iconographic level.
Hints
- Ask whether the sentence names a subject or only what is visible.
- The subject would be identified at the next level up.
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True
Why
True. It names forms and gestures without identifying the subject. Calling it the Last Supper is the iconographic level, which requires knowing the text; asking what the period took a sacred meal to be is the iconological one, which requires knowing the culture.
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