| 1. | symbolic representation, esp. the conventional meanings attached to an image or images. |
| 2. | subject matter in the visual arts, esp. with reference to the conventions regarding the treatment of a subject in artistic representation. |
| 3. | the study or analysis of subject matter and its meaning in the visual arts; iconology. |
| 4. | a representation or a group of representations of a person, place, or thing, as a portrait or a collection of portraits. |