iconographer
/ˌaɪkəˈnɑɡrəfər/
noun
- A person who creates or studies icons, especially religious images in Eastern Christian art.
- She studied under a master iconographer to learn the traditional techniques.
- The iconographer spent months painting the new icon for the church's altar.
- The museum hired an iconographer to restore the ancient Byzantine panels.
- A specialist in the symbolic meaning and interpretation of images in art or culture.
- The art historian worked as an iconographer for the documentary on medieval manuscripts.
- As an iconographer, he could decode the hidden symbols in Renaissance paintings.
- An iconographer explained how the colors in the mural represented different virtues.