Icon

An icon (from Greek {{polytonic|?????}}, eikon, "image") is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the monitor used to signify a command; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern popular culture, in the general sense of symbol — i.e. a name, face, picture or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities.

See also

• Simulacrum
• Crucifix
• Templon
• Proskynetarion
• John Climacus
• Eastern Orthodoxy
• Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
• Andrei Rublev
• Symbolism
• Religious symbolism
• Jewish symbolism
• Christian symbolism
• Anthropology of religion
• List of religious topics
• Emblem
• Iconoclasm
• Iconography
• Iconostasis
• Ideogram
• Idolatry
• Image
• Ishta-Deva
• Lingam
• Logotype
• Masking
• Murti
• Saligrama
• Sign
• Symbol
• Veneration