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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]].

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]].

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]].

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 the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.<ref>National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter. It is located immediately south of the Rotunda.  —[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Statuary_Hall National Statuary Hall - Wikipedia]</ref>, 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  

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