ico·nol·o·gy /-ˈnɑləʤi/
  I·co·nol·o·gy n.  The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images.  Cf. Iconography.
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  iconology
       n : the branch of art history that studies visual images and
           their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political
           terms)