The Renaissance was a time of learning and art after the "Dark Ages" in Europe. The main characteristics of the Renaissance are:
• The Commercial Revolution began, it's when different European countries developed urban commercial centers; it also began when Feudalism passed.
• The revival of Greek and Roman Art.
• The mastery of making illusion techniques on canvas (art).
• The change from Age to Faith to the Age of Reason.
• The embracing of humans (Humanism).
This is a hard one to answer. The reason is that you are asked to distinguish between 2 schools of thought that are very close together. Not only that, but the characteristic you are looking for is not mentioned in either description.
Since semiotics brings in many more fields of study than does iconography, then I would go with iconography. This school of thought seems content just to find the symbols according to its description. What is done with them is mentioned in the other school but is not elaborated upon.
My answer would be iconography.
