The phrase "familiar iconography" refers to symbols, images, or visual representations that are easily recognized and widely known by people. Full definition
Rogue One offered a grittier perspective on familiar iconography. (cbr.com)
Exploring new language with familiar iconography, both artists grapple with contemporary blackness. (anti-utopias.com)
Simultaneously sincere and flippant, Marco Palmieri's paintings seem to pilot us through a private poetry of nostalgia even while adopting overly familiar iconography and motifs. (anacristeagallery.com)