When we look at objects in a painting for their symbolic values, we are using which approach? a) a patronage approach b) an iconographic approach c) a stylistic approach d) a formal approach

The correct answer is option B) an iconographic approach.

Explanation:

In Art, when we talk about iconography we refer to the approach with which the meaning or content of an image is studied.

It is the analysis of the context of creation of a work through a deep observation, which can be symbolic or analyzed from the point of view of personal experiences that the person who created the work has lived, or simply because of what the person who acquires the work wishes to interpret.

An iconographic argument always depends on the collection of historical evidence to construct an interpretation of the work.

lines and shapes are a part of the visual elements which can be played with and used to create a mood or feeling in a composition.

some of the other elements include the pattern, color, tone and texture. all these elements serve together as the construction blocks which are used by the artists to create artwork.

lines are used to form drawings and different shapes are formed when these lines are used in certain lengths or angles. so the artist can play with these elements of art to create and express different moods, thus conveying different  meanings.