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Iconography Basics: Subject Matter, Symbols, and Motifs
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Identifying what is depicted and conventional meanings of figures, attributes, narratives, and symbols (religious, mythological, political, everyday). Introduction to iconographic method and its limits; distinction from pure formal analysis. Grounded in Smarthistory introductions to iconography.
Goal
Correctly identify common subjects, attributes, and symbolic motifs in selected traditions; write a short iconographic reading that links visual details to likely conventional meanings while noting where evidence is ambiguous.
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