Conceived to rival his heroes Michelangelo and Poussin, it was also the painting that marked his transition from the depiction of symbolic imagery of peasant life to that of contemporary social conditions.

Centurion, flagship on the China Station ( his depiction on an a contemporary cigarette card shows he was in the public eye long before becoming an admiral ).

Earliest known contemporary depiction of a Polish ruler.

A contemporary depiction of Stephen's family tree, with his mother Adela of Normandy | Adelin at the top, and, left to right, William, Count of Sully | William, Theobald II, Count of Champagne | Theobald and Stephen

St. George is most commonly depicted in early icons, mosaics and frescos wearing armour contemporary with the depiction, executed in gilding and silver colour, intended to identify him as a Roman soldier.

Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre.

A contemporary depiction of the battle of the Faubourg St Antoine beneath the walls of the Bastille in 1652

File: Margaret Tudor Queen of Scots. jpg | A depiction of Margaret from a contemporary family tree.

She was the first woman to appear on provincial coins in 16 BC and her portrait images can be chronologically identified partially from the progression of her hair designs, which represented more than keeping up with the fashions of the time as her depiction with such contemporary details translated into a political statement of representing the ideal Roman woman.

This report caused one of many errors in the depiction of North America in contemporary maps.

For instance, the depiction of Krypton reflects the older idealized version in the Silver Age of Comic Books while the scope of Superman's powers reflect the more restrained contemporary concept as developed by John Byrne in that the superhero has to struggle to perform spectacular feats, while Clark Kent is shown to be openly, if quietly, self-confident.

A contemporary depiction of the king

Another contemporary Scot is Irvine Welsh, whose novel Trainspotting ( 1993 ), gives a brutal depiction of the lives of working class Edinburgh drug users.

Like the statue of Ramiro at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Manuel Rodriguez's 18th-century depiction of Ramiro has no basis in any contemporary image.

The concepts of an " absolute person of contemporary history " which allow the depiction of individuals who are part history but still gives them some protection of their rights of privacy outside the public sphere.

Adolf Galland's Bf-109E-3 of JG 26 also had a depiction of Mickey Mouse, holding a contemporary telephone in his hands, in mid-1941.

His first major work, The Charging Chasseur, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1812, revealed the influence of the style of Rubens and an interest in the depiction of contemporary subject matter.

Unlike other standard bearers ( such as signifers ), the aquilifer probably did not wear an animal skin, instead going bareheaded ( no contemporary depiction of an aquilifer shows him with a headdress or helmet ).

A contemporary depiction of the battle of Öland between an allied Danish-Dutch fleet under Cornelis Tromp and the Swedish navy.

A contemporary depiction of streamers ( or pennoncell s ) on all four masts of the warship Mary Rose which sank in 1545.

In the case of the Battle of Roncevaux, historians possess both the description of an event by contemporary and fairly reliable sources and the depiction of the same event resulting from centuries of an oral tradition, in which it was magnified to epic proportions and changed almost unrecognizably.

The film's depiction of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer as a lunatic at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was intended as satire, though many of his quirks and vanities were inspired by contemporary observations.

He wrote Le Roman de la violette or Gérard de Nevers, one of the most outstanding medieval poems, famous for its vivid narrative and faithful depiction of contemporary customs.

A more contemporary depiction of Pennybags on the box of Monopoly

A contemporary depiction of Fort Christiansborg

By the mid-20th century many rhyming slang expressions used the names of contemporary personalities, especially actors and performers: for example " Gregory Peck " meaning " neck " and also " cheque "; " Ruby Murray " meaning " curry "; " Alans ", meaning " knickers " from Alan Whicker ; " Max Miller " meaning " pillow " when pronounced / ˈpilə / and " Henry Halls ".

Gregory II was an alleged collateral ancestor to the Roman Savelli family, according to a 15th-century chronicler, but this is unattested in contemporary documents and very likely unreliable.

Gregory lacked the administrative ability of his brother Basil, or the contemporary influence of Gregory of Nazianzus, but was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene creed.

The principal and almost contemporary source for the career of Priscillian is the Gallic chronicler Sulpicius Severus, who characterized him ( Chronica II. 46 ) as noble and rich, a layman who had devoted his life to study, vain of his classical pagan education, already being looked on with misgivings ( see Gregory of Tours ).

Historian Gregory Michno settles on a low number around 1000 based on contemporary Lakota testimony, but other sources place the number at 1800 or 2000, especially in the works by Utley and Fox.

Gregory of Tours, a contemporary, speaking as a Neustrian, puts these words into Childebert's mouth: Velim unquam Arvernam Lemanem quae tantae jocunditatis gratia refulgere dicitur, oculis cernere.

Singularly illustrated by Gregory Bateson in Mind and Nature ( 1979 ) and brilliantly reintegrated in contemporary studies by Terence Deacon The Symbolic Species: The co-evolution of language and the human brain ( 1997 ).

Reviewing the references to scientism in the works of contemporary scholars, Gregory R. Peterson detects two main broad themes:

He was a contemporary and friend of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Leroi Jones ( now known as Amiri Baraka ), Gregory Corso, Diane Di Prima, Bob Kaufman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others.

The image formed part of the subject of the Mass of Saint Gregory ; by 1350 the Roman icon was being claimed as a contemporary representation of the vision.

Gregory had a less than successful international career, even by contemporary standards.

He expresses a generally favorable opinion of Gregory VII and the ecclesiastical reform movement, but also evinces skepticism towards some contemporary monastic reforms in Germany.

According to the contemporary historian Anna Comnena, who knew Pakourianos personally, Gregory was " descended from a noble Armenian family ," while the Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa, from 12 century, saying Pakourianos was of " Vrats '" origin had in mind the religious affiliation of Pakourianos.

The collection also represents numerous important late 20th century and contemporary artists such as Susan Hauptman, Gregory Gillespie, John Connell, William Beckman, Enrique Chagoya, Jane Frank, John Stuart Ingle, Tim Lowly, and Odd Nerdrum.

Pope Gregory the Great ( r. 590-604 ) is shown in contemporary artwork wearing such a headpiece.

According to the contemporary Bulgarian scholar and cleric Gregory Tsamblak, the city was not captured because of the Ottoman military strength but due to treason.

* David Hockney ( contemporary ) has produced a DVD of fifteen palm-sized sketchbooks ( of 25 ) produced during for a period of 18 months in 2002 – 2003 ( copyright / published by David Hockney / Gregory Evans Inc .).

Saint Gregory the Great calls him a martyr in his Dialogues ; Saint Ambrose, a contemporary of Zeno, does not.