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religious work of art, generally a panel painting, in Eastern Christianity
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Summary

icon is a type of work of art[1]. icon draws 2,699 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_work_of_art category, ranking #3 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • icon's instance of is recorded as type of work of art[3].
  • icon is a type of painting[4].
  • icon's Commons category is recorded as Icons (art)[5].
  • icon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eastern Orthodox icons[6].
  • icon's Commons gallery is recorded as Icon[7].
  • icon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • icon's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[9].
  • icon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • icon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • icon's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox icon[12].
  • icon's manifestation of is recorded as icon painting[13].
  • icon's different from is recorded as Q223876[14].
  • icon's culture is recorded as Slavic culture[15].
  • icon's culture is recorded as Byzantine culture[16].
  • icon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

icon's instance of is recorded as type of work of art[3]. icon is a type of painting[4].

Why It Matters

icon draws 2,699 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_work_of_art category, ranking #3 of 18).[2] icon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] icon is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of work of art
    Topic's main category → Category:Eastern Orthodox icons
    Aliases → —
    Manifestation of → icon painting
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17137, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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