Form and Content in Western Art
Iconography - Page 1 of 20



 

ICONOGRAPHY

Look at this painting carefully. What do you think it means?

Notice all the objects in the painting. What do you think they symbolize?

In this lesson we will discuss iconography, a tool that will help you determine the answers to these questions and discover a work of art's content or meaning.


Jan van Eyck
"Giovanni Amolfini & His Bride"