The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct from artistic style. Wikipedia

Study of icons Wikipedia Disambiguation

Use of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts Wikidata

The branch of art history dealing with the identification, description, classification and interpretation of the subject-matter of the figurative arts. OmegaWiki

A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art. Wiktionary

Set of symbolic forms. Wiktionary (translation)