The Emergence Machine

Iconography

abstract · Visual Arts · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Iconography in visual arts emerges from the intersection of art, where creative expression of beauty is shaped by and reflects the cultural context, and visual, where light and space interact, resulting in a pattern that conveys meaning and significance, thereby giving rise to a symbolic language that communicates ideas and emotions through art.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “iconography” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “iconography”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
eikonographia
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0IconographyArtSkillLearningVisual… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesHodegetriaL12IconographyL10VisualL7ArtL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Visual L7 (requires)
    Iconography in visual arts involves art, pattern.
  • Art L9 (requires)
    Iconography in visual arts involves art, pattern.

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