icons

     

An icon (from Greek εἰκών, eikōn, "image") is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stans for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i.e. a name, face, picture, edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities: one thing, an image or depiction, that represents something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, and economic standing.

Trivia about icons

  • Byzantine priests might know the name of the type of screen images seen here
  • In Orthodox churches, screens before the altar display these for instruction
  • Your real desktop may be covered with Post-It notes, while your computer desktop is covered with these images
  • Andrei Rublev was Russia's greatest painter of these, meaning "images"
  • The Stroganov School in Russia specialized in these exquisite artworks for private devotions