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+ | [[Image:Mona_Lisa.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|'''''Mona Lisa''''' (c. 1503–1519) is an [[oil painting]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], one of the most [[famous painting]]s in the world.]] | ||
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+ | <br>Illustration: Plato (left) and Aristotle (right), a detail of ''[[The School of Athens]]'', a fresco by [[Raphael]].]] | ||
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- | '''Canon''' is the "accepted" or "official" version or type of something. In the context of this wiki, a group of [[artistic]] [[work]]s that are generally accepted as representing a field. The concept is derived from the [[biblical canon]]. It is a concept which has been attacked (esp. the [[Western canon]]) since the postmodern era but is regarded as a necessary evil in the context of [[education]]. A writer or artist has been canonized if one can point to him by his first name only. For example, there is only one [[Beckett]], [[Samuel Beckett]]. | + | '''Canon''' is the "accepted" or "official" version or type of something. In the context of this wiki, a group of [[artistic work]]s that are generally accepted as representing a field. The concept is derived from the [[biblical canon]]. It is a concept which has been attacked (esp. the [[Western canon]]) since the postmodern era but is regarded as a necessary evil in the context of [[education]]. A writer or artist has been canonized if one can point to him as a [[mononym]], by his first or last name only. For example, there is only one [[Beckett]], [[Samuel Beckett]]. |
+ | ==Etymology== | ||
+ | From Old French ''canon'', from Latin ''canōn'', from Ancient Greek ''κανών'' (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ''κάννα'' (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ''קָנֶה'' (qane, “reed”)). See also ''cane''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Abecedaria]] | ||
+ | *[[Dead white males]] | ||
*[[Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns]] | *[[Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns]] | ||
* [[Western canon]], the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture | * [[Western canon]], the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture | ||
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*[[Education]] | *[[Education]] | ||
*[[Gay canon]] | *[[Gay canon]] | ||
- | *''[[No More Masterpieces]]'' | + | *''[[No More Masterpieces]]'' (1938), an essay by Antonin Artaud |
*[[Popular culture studies]] | *[[Popular culture studies]] | ||
*[[Contemporary liberal pluralism]] | *[[Contemporary liberal pluralism]] | ||
*[[School of resentment]] | *[[School of resentment]] | ||
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*[[Canonization]] | *[[Canonization]] | ||
- | == This Wiki's canon == | ||
- | [[:Category:Canon]] | ||
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Canon is the "accepted" or "official" version or type of something. In the context of this wiki, a group of artistic works that are generally accepted as representing a field. The concept is derived from the biblical canon. It is a concept which has been attacked (esp. the Western canon) since the postmodern era but is regarded as a necessary evil in the context of education. A writer or artist has been canonized if one can point to him as a mononym, by his first or last name only. For example, there is only one Beckett, Samuel Beckett.
Etymology
From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)). See also cane.
See also
- Abecedaria
- Dead white males
- Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
- Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
- High culture
- Education
- Gay canon
- No More Masterpieces (1938), an essay by Antonin Artaud
- Popular culture studies
- Contemporary liberal pluralism
- School of resentment
- Canonization