• (n.) The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
(from the article `painting`) The range and interpretation of subjects in different forms of devotional painting express a particular attitude to the relationship between man and ...
Sub'ject-mat`ter noun The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. « As to the subject-matter , words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto.» Blackstone. « As scien...
iconography, or what an artwork depicts.
the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style. · the matter that is subject to some action. · the matter out of which a thing is formed.