I learned a lot about Iconography and Iconography and how the two practices are connected while reading this section. D’Alleva does a great job by not only defining these two terms, but also going through the history of these practices from intellectuals around the world from Bellori in Italy during the seventeenth century to Panofsky in the Nineteenth century in England.
Both practices are necessary in order to further understand both the piece art being observed, but also the context around the work (i.e religion of the artist, political nature of the time period the work was made, etc). After reading this particular section, I feel as though I can become a better artist. All my art to date has been very rudimentary in terms of subject matter, but incorporating aspects of society and culture hadn’t crossed my mind when it came to creating. I believe that this is one of the major characteristics that separates good artists from great ones.