The article briefly describes the history of imagology, which is outlined in three evolutionary periods. The first period starts from the first ideas from the Middle Ages and ends with the Modern Era. The second one begins in nineteenth century, with the advent of the „study of the image", a privileged field of comparative literature and lasts until 2007, until the appearance of the first Imagological Book. And the third stage starts in 2007, when the imagology regains its status as an independent discipline, continuing today. We highlight the works of all thinkers, philosophers, linguists, historians, anthropologists, comparatives, who have contributed over time to the emergence and development of imagology. In the evolution of the imagology are reviewed the most important historical moments within these three periods.