Canon
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Not to be confused with Cannon.
Canon may refer to:
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[edit] Culture and arts
- Canon (fiction), material that is considered to be "genuine", "something that actually happened", or can be directly referenced as material produced by the original author or creator.
- Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
- Canon as a number of art masterpieces:
- Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- Chinese classics or Chinese canonical texts
- Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
- Aesthetic canon, when drawing/moddeling etc. a human figure, a rule for its proportions.
[edit] Geography
- Canon, Georgia, a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
- Cañon or canyon, a deep valley between cliffs
[edit] Religion
- Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Penitential canons
- Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
Religious canons:
- Biblical canon
- Taoist canon or Daozang
- Pāli Canon
- Chinese Buddhist canon
- Tibetan Buddhist canon
- Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
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- Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
[edit] Names
Canon is the name of:
- Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation
- Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
- Canon (game), an online Browser-based strategy war game
- The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- Canon of Eclipses, a compilation eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer
[edit] Others
- Canon (sociology), an accepted principle or rule.
[edit] See also
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