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In later times the Bodhisattva was confused with the incarnation, in the same way as the portly figure of Pu-tai, commonly known as the laughing Buddha, has been substituted for Maitreya in Chinese iconography In Japan the cult of the six Jizōs became very popular.

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  1. noun Pictorial illustration of a subject.
  2. noun The collected representations illustrating a subject.
  3. noun A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized work of art.
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  • Space buffs love their iconography -- the drama of liftoff, of horizons brimming with the unknown, of Voyagers serenely gliding above alien landscapes. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • Black Hawk Down to point to as pop iconography, and, besides, as the rapper himself might put it, his biopic would make —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • Religious imagery and iconography is always so powerful and when it is used for merchandising purposes it can be either amusing or offensive. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
  • For those to whom Christian iconography is a closed book, such an image can seem surreal, conrived, unable to convey a sacred meaning except in the most theoretical sense. —  The Summa Mamas
  • They enjoy Eastern Orthodox churches and mysterious iconography, and they love the elaborate cathedrals of Europe (even if they are too museum-like for hipster tastes). —  GOOD BROWNIE
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  1. Late Latin īconographia, description, verbal sketch, from Medieval Greek eikonographiā : eikono-, icono- + -graphiā, -graphy.

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  1. = French iconographie = Portuguese iconographia = Italian iconografia, from Greek εἰκονογραφία, a sketch, description, from εἰκονογράφος, a portrait-painter, from εἰκών, an image, + γράφειν, write.
 

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/aɪkəˈnɑgrəfi/
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