icon vs statue

icon

noun
  • A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. 

  • A small picture that represents something. 

  • A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. 

  • An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. 

  • A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. 

statue

noun
  • A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. 

verb
  • To form a statue of; to make into a statue. 

How often have the words icon and statue occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )