Cultural icon - Wikipedia
WEBA cultural icon is a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture. The process of identification is subjective, and "icons" are judged by the extent to which they can be seen as an authentic symbol of that culture.
300 Cultural Icons: Great Artists & Thinkers on Video - Open Culture
WEBThe greatest Cultural Icons appear in timeless audio and video. Includes footage of Tolstoy, Twain, Miles Davis, Gertrude Stein, Einstein, Freud and more. Open Culture, openculture.com
Cultural icon - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBA cultural icon can be a symbol, logo, picture, name, face, person, building, or other image. It is easily recognized and generally represents an object or idea with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group.
Smarthistory – Icons, an introduction
WEBDec 6, 2023 · by Dr. Evan Freeman. What is an icon? In our time, we often refer to celebrities as cultural icons, pop icons, and fashion icons. Rebels are sometimes labeled icon oclasts. Icons are also the little images that populate the screens of our computers, phones, and tablets, which we click to open files and apps.
Introduction: The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons
WEBThis volume sets out to limit the inflation of the term by offering, in this introduction, a comprehensive overview of the existing conceptualizations of the icon and by demonstrating, in the chapters that follow, how the concept can be fruitfully applied in research from diverse cultural disciplines, such as literary studies, media studies ...
Rethinking the Cultural Icon: Its Use and Function in Popular Culture …
WEBDec 5, 2017 · Cultural icons are both popular and public texts through which collective symbolisms and meanings take shape in specific ways: they are sites of complex processes of identity making taking shape in and through texts, objects, and practices in popular culture; they highlight the importance of cultural context in relation to questions of …
Cultural Icons — Google Arts & Culture
WEBExplore, learn & test your cultural knowledge with the help of Google AI.
WEBThese popular cultural icons share characteristics in common with all icons: the ability to function as repositories of collective cultural values, a ubiquitous presence in popular culture, and roots in specific socio-historical contexts that contribute to their iconicity.
A Deeper Look at Global Icons - University of California, San Diego
WEBMar 14, 2019 · As a result, studying global icons of dissent can highlight the perceptions and dreams of a broad cross-section of humanity. Icons of dissent are also unusually powerful bridges, or points of solidarity. In fact, the popularity of a figure such as Che Guevara, who was the only global icon referenced by Arab Spring demonstrators, anti …
The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons
WEBFrom the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective narratives: The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons offers an overview of existing theories, compares different definitions and proposes a comprehensive view on the icon and the …
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