Iconography is the techne by which that which is otherwise ungraspable by Human faculties is made graspable. Iconography is the techne of Thing-making from nonThings, for the purpose of Work whose only proper object can only ever be a Thing.
The defining characteristic of an icon is that what can be said of its protos, the Thing being iconized, may be said of the icon as well, in every respect that is essential. Thus for instance, we can know, from the structure of the Six Orbits of Space, that space itself is a three dimensional figure
Icons may be made by Talon or by the Humans. The techne of iconography is one of Talon’s gifts to Humanity.