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==Origins==
Anglo-Norman ymagerye, Anglo-Norman and Middle French imagerie, ymagerie (French imagerie) [[work]] (in solid or flat form) representing objects (late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), figured work on a [[textile]] [[fabric]], embroidery (14th cent.), making or [[creation]] of images (statuary, carving, etc.) (1478) < image IMAGE n. + -erie -ERY suffix.]
==Definitions==
*1. a. Work representing objects, either in solid form, as statuary, carving, etc., or (less commonly) in a flat form or on surfaces, as painting, glasswork, etc.; figurative ornamentation. Formerly also in pl.: examples of this (obs.).
:b. spec. Figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery. Obs.
:c. Visible images formed from invisible radiation by means of radar, ultrasound, X-rays, or other [[technique]], typically for a [[purpose]] such as [[research]], medical [[diagnosis]] or reconnaissance. Also: images formed from visible [[light]] by means of a camera.
*2. The use of images in [[worship]]; idolatry. Obs.
*3. The making or creation of images; the art of statuary,[[Sculpture|carving]], or (less commonly) [[painting]]. Now also: the creation of photographic images.
*4. a. The use of [[rhetoric]]al images, or such images collectively; descriptive representation of [[ideas]]; figurative illustration, esp. of an ornate character.
:b. In the [[visual arts]], esp. [[film]]: the representation of [[ideas]] with images; [[visual]] [[metaphor]], [[symbolism]].
*5. a. The way in which a [[thing]] is represented visually or fashioned; workmanship, make, figure, form. Obs.
:b. A [[material]] representation or embodiment of something. Obs.
:c. An imaging, portrayal, or visible presentation of anything. Obs. rare.
*6. a. The formation of mental images; imagination, [[fancy]], groundless [[belief]]. Obs.
:b. Now chiefly Psychol. Mental images collectively or generally.
*7. The pictorial elements of a [[natural]] scene or landscape; scenery.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
Anglo-Norman ymagerye, Anglo-Norman and Middle French imagerie, ymagerie (French imagerie) [[work]] (in solid or flat form) representing objects (late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), figured work on a [[textile]] [[fabric]], embroidery (14th cent.), making or [[creation]] of images (statuary, carving, etc.) (1478) < image IMAGE n. + -erie -ERY suffix.]
==Definitions==
*1. a. Work representing objects, either in solid form, as statuary, carving, etc., or (less commonly) in a flat form or on surfaces, as painting, glasswork, etc.; figurative ornamentation. Formerly also in pl.: examples of this (obs.).
:b. spec. Figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery. Obs.
:c. Visible images formed from invisible radiation by means of radar, ultrasound, X-rays, or other [[technique]], typically for a [[purpose]] such as [[research]], medical [[diagnosis]] or reconnaissance. Also: images formed from visible [[light]] by means of a camera.
*2. The use of images in [[worship]]; idolatry. Obs.
*3. The making or creation of images; the art of statuary,[[Sculpture|carving]], or (less commonly) [[painting]]. Now also: the creation of photographic images.
*4. a. The use of [[rhetoric]]al images, or such images collectively; descriptive representation of [[ideas]]; figurative illustration, esp. of an ornate character.
:b. In the [[visual arts]], esp. [[film]]: the representation of [[ideas]] with images; [[visual]] [[metaphor]], [[symbolism]].
*5. a. The way in which a [[thing]] is represented visually or fashioned; workmanship, make, figure, form. Obs.
:b. A [[material]] representation or embodiment of something. Obs.
:c. An imaging, portrayal, or visible presentation of anything. Obs. rare.
*6. a. The formation of mental images; imagination, [[fancy]], groundless [[belief]]. Obs.
:b. Now chiefly Psychol. Mental images collectively or generally.
*7. The pictorial elements of a [[natural]] scene or landscape; scenery.
[[Category: General Reference]]