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The word '''icon''' comes from the Greek "eikon" which mean "image".
The word '''icon''' comes from the Greek "eikon" which mean "image".
An '''icon''' can also mean somebody symbolizing a movement (i.e. [[conservative]] ''icon'' [[Phyllis Schlafly]]).<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861619909/icon.html Icon definition], Dictionary - MSN Encarta</ref>
An '''icon''' can also mean somebody symbolizing a movement (i.e. [[conservative]] ''icon'' [[Phyllis Schlafly]], civil rights ''icon'' Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]).<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861619909/icon.html Icon definition], Dictionary - MSN Encarta</ref> Whatever and whoever is a representative icon is regarded as '''iconic'''. There are iconic representatives or ''exemplars'' of [[art]], [[history]], [[literature]], [[medicine]], [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].
In [http://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2017/12/11/christian-adaptation-of-pagan-iconography/ "Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconography"] the art historian author presents a multitude of examples of how Christians adapted and redefined the imagery of pagan art for the purpose of illustrating to illiterate persons the purely moral and virtuous doctrines of Christianity. There is a striking total absence of images of [[polytheism]], of fertility goddesses and gods.
The class of graphic art forms of ''iconic'' imagery of any [[culture]] or people or religion is termed by art historians and historians in general as a particular '''iconography''', roughly divided into [[Ethnic group|ethnic]], pagan, Jewish, and Christian iconographies. [[Vexillology]] is the study of the iconography of flag imagery and worship from ancient times to the present.<ref>Members of some religious sects, for example, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], do not participate in the [[Pledge of Allegiance]] because they have been taught that it is an act of [[idolatry]].</ref> An example of U.S. political iconography includes Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., and the various memorials and monuments around the Washington Mall, including the Pacific War Memorial of the [[United States Marine Corps]] based on the famous [[World War II]] photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on top of [[Iwo Jima]].
In "Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconography"<ref>[http://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2017/12/11/christian-adaptation-of-pagan-iconography/ "Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconography"], Spencer Alexander McDaniel, Posted on
December 11, 2017, Categories: Ancient art, Early Christianity, Greek mythology, Jesus</ref> Spencer Alexander McDaniel presents a multitude of examples of how Christians adapted and redefined the imagery of pagan art for the purpose of illustrating to illiterate persons the purely moral and virtuous doctrines of Christianity. There is a striking total absence of images of [[polytheism]], of fertility goddesses and gods.
In Christianity, an '''icon''' is a [[holy]] image which is an art form of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. The icon is not simply decorative. Many Orthodox churches have icons on the walls and the ceilings. In the ceiling or dome is the icon of Christ the Almighty, the Pantocrator.
In Christianity, an '''icon''' is a [[holy]] image which is an art form of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. The icon is not simply decorative. Many Orthodox churches have icons on the walls and the ceilings. In the ceiling or dome is the icon of Christ the Almighty, the Pantocrator.