According to the book, Launching the Imagination, by Mary Stewart, Iconography "is the study of such symbolic visual images", or it is the description of images (159). While looking at the image title The Serpent Didn't Lie, by Deborah Haylor-Mcdowell (etching 1997, figure 8.3) my eyes were constantly swept in a circle but were able to stop to focus on each individual action that is creating the content of this piece. Before I read the description, I tried to decipher what each of the action pieces that mad up the photo were about. While most of my speculations were incorrect, the fact that each element of the picture held meaning was very apparent. If I were to apply this to my own work, I would say that regardless of what the personal meaning behind my work is, I would need to place emphasis where it is due in order to allow the audience to realize that there is meaning behind the work. This is why it is also important to include a description, so that after an analysis by the audience is performed, they are able to understand what the maker of the piece had in mind for it.
(I was unable to find a picture of this piece online to post here.)
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