Iconography
Kata Iconography berasal dari bahasa Yunani, dimana Eikon yang berarti
gambar, dan Graphia yang berarti sketsa / tulisan / deskripsi. Sedangkan
Iconography berarti sebuah gambar yang memiliki nilai atau dapat
dideskripsikan, dan termasuk ke dalam katagori karya seni. Iconography memiliki
keterkaitan dengan Iconology, dimana Iconology merupakan analisis dari subjek
Iconography, yang dikaitkan dengan nilai sejarah dan budaya / tradisi asal,
ketika subjek tersebut dibuat.
A woman clothed in red and green; holding in her right hand, a spur;and in her
left, a torch.
The red and green clothes, signify the hope and expectation, whence proceeds
heaviness. The spur signifies, the powerful expectation to get a thing, or to finish
a thingl wherefore Theocritus uses often heaviness for a wound of love, or a
sting of love. Through the Torch is also signified the desire, and attentive
heaviness, which burns in the heart, which suffers one not to live in peace, until
they are come to a good end. The flame signifies the grief of carefulness, for she
works with great fierceness and quickness, but she consumes by degrees, that
which is necessary for her to maintain her flame and being.
Selain Cesare Ripa, tokoh lainnya ialah Erwin Panofsky, Charles Rufus
Morey, dan Raphael. Contoh dari karya Raphael yang terkenal ialah The Vision of
A Knight.
Galih Aji - Foundation 1 29 Februari 2016
Performing Arts History and Literature
Referensi:
2. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/iconography