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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]], 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<ref>[https://voynichportal.com/tag/pagan-iconography Pagan Iconography - Voynich Portal (voynichportal.com)]</ref>, Jewish, and Christian iconographies<ref>[https://www.oakland.edu/Assets/Oakland/religiousstudies/files-and-documents/student-research/Durnbaugh,%20Elena%20Marie%20%20-%20%20Iconography%20in%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20in%20Relation%20to%20the%20Roman%20World.pdf Helios in the Synagogue and Sol Invictus Burial with the Saints: Iconography in Judaism and Christianity in Relation to the Roman World, Elena Marie Durnbaugh, Anthropology/Linguistics, Oakland University–pdf (oakland.edu)].</ref>. [[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]].

 

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<ref>[https://voynichportal.com/tag/pagan-iconography Pagan Iconography - Voynich Portal (voynichportal.com)]</ref>, and Jewish and Christian iconographies<ref>[https://www.oakland.edu/Assets/Oakland/religiousstudies/files-and-documents/student-research/Durnbaugh,%20Elena%20Marie%20%20-%20%20Iconography%20in%20Judaism%20and%20Christianity%20in%20Relation%20to%20the%20Roman%20World.pdf Helios in the Synagogue and Sol Invictus Burial with the Saints: Iconography in Judaism and Christianity in Relation to the Roman World, Elena Marie Durnbaugh, Anthropology/Linguistics, Oakland University–pdf (oakland.edu)].</ref>. [[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  

*[http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]

*[http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]

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