Iconology
Is the historical analysis and interpretive study of symbols or images and their contextual significance.
each painting or symbols or any piece of design/art can have a hidden meaning or many meanings that can be interpreted by differently by different people who view the piece of work.
Semiotics
The study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behaviour.
Semiotics calls attention to the formal structures of signification. It reveals the arbitrary or constructed nature of the meanings we use and understand in our lives everyday. Semiotics can also be used as a form of social criticism, to examine and explore the motivations behind these constructions of meaning.
