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.
Answer:Bar lines specifies the no of beats in a bar. If the number of beats between bar lines is 4 then 4 is the number of beats in a bar.
Explanation:
I believe the correct answer is high relief.
When a sculpture is designed to be viewed from one side, and
protrudes dynamically from its background plane (at least half of their natural
circumference of sculpture must protrude from background plane) or is carved with
deeply incised marks is called high relief. For example, high-relief art was
made with marble by Francesco Grassia in Rome.