iconographic

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This suggests a "hybrid" nature of these death whistle sounds, combining a basic psychoaffective influence on listeners with more elaborate mental processes of sound symbolism, signifying the iconographic nature.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Without images of an object, an iconographic study “is unintelligible,” says Vernon James Knight, an archaeologist and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama, who signed the petition.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

The built-in décor of the iconographic Space Needle and International Fountain doesn’t hurt either.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

"The artwork is clearly iconographic and bears a close resemblance to the Middleham Jewel - there is every possibility that it was made by the same artist."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2021

Didron considers this a most important piece of bronze from an iconographic point of view theologically and poetically.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs