The Saracen Army outside Paris, 730-32, in an early nineteenth-century depiction by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

The specific depiction of Christmas as a merry old man begins in the early 17th century, in the context of resistance to Puritan criticism of observation of the Christmas feast.

A depiction of daily life in Jamaica from the early 19th century.

An early Christian depiction showing Noah giving the gesture of orant as the dove returns

* Henry Norton Sulivan: a depiction of early Naval Mine

Both Anderson's depiction of a Soviet-dominated world and that of an American-dominated one mention a rebellion breaking out in Brazil in the early 21st century, which is in both cases brutally put down by the dominant world power — the Brazilian rebels being characterized as " Counter-Revolutionaries " in the one case and as " Communists " in the other.

An early 20th century depiction of Saint Columba's miracle at the gate of King Bridei I of the Picts | Bridei's fortress, described in Adomnán's late 7th century Vita Columbae

An early 14th-century depiction of the White Ship sinking in 1120

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.

An early depiction of the Tetragrammaton — circa 600 BCE.

An early depiction of Tyr is found on the IK 190 bracteate found near Trollhättan.

The assertion that the Cubist depiction of space, mass and volume supports ( rather than contradicts ) the flatness of the canvas was made by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler ( as early as 1920 ,) but it was subject to criticism in the 1950s and 1960s, especially by Clement Greenberg.

The Newcomes is noteworthy for its critical portrayal of the " marriage market ," while Philip is noteworthy for its semi-autobiographical depiction of Thackeray's early life, in which the author partially regains some of his early satirical zest.

Schematic depiction of Garnerin's parachute, from an early nineteenth century illustration

An early 14th century English depiction of a Biblical battle giving an impression of how soldiers were equipped at Bannockburn.

Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing is a semi-fictional depiction of the anarcho-punk and riot grrrl scene in early 90s Washington, DC.

Another early example would be a depiction of eyeglasses found north of the Alps in an altarpiece of the church of Bad Wildungen, Germany, in 1403.

Versions of this depiction occur as early as 1300, well before Bridget's vision, and have a Franciscan origin, by which she may have been influenced, as she was a member of the Franciscan Order.

In the damaged tomb ( TT188 ) of the royal butler Parennefer, the new king Amenhotep IV is accompanied by a royal woman, and this lady is thought to be an early depiction of Nefertiti.

This temple was discovered in the early 20th century by Flinders Petrie, who identified a depiction of the Greek god Proteus cited by Herodotus.

Another early depiction of Wadjet is as a cobra entwined around a papyrus stem, beginning in the Predynastic era ( prior to 3100 B. C.

This lion, flanked by five heroes ( viras ), often has been identified as an early depiction of Narasimha.

The spread of Hogarth's prints throughout Europe, together with the depiction of popular scenes from his prints in faked Hogarth prints, influenced Continental book illustration through the 18th and early 19th century, especially in Germany and France.

Webb's depiction was meant to offer balance.

A god standing on or seated on a pattern of scales is a typical scenery for the depiction of a theophany.

Outside of the inscriptions, there are textual occurrences preserved in Papyrus Raifet and Papyrus Sallier III, and a rendering of these same events in a letter from Ramesses to Hattusili III written in response to a scoffing complaint by Hattusili about the pharaoh's victorious depiction of the battle.

A dated depiction of a Germanic family, c. 300.

* The oldest known painted depiction of a wheelbarrow is found in a Chinese tomb of Chengde, Sichuan province, dated to this year.

The earliest known depiction of the Pleiades is likely a bronze age artifact known as the Nebra sky disk, dated to approximately 1600 BC.

Moreover, a performance of the play itself ( rather than a depiction of the generic myth ) appears on fragments of a Greek vase dated ca.

Hallstatt culture depiction of Illyrian warriors: reproduction of the bronze Vače belt-plate found in Vače, Slovenia, and dated to the 5th century BC.

However, the mountain evidently continued to be the holy place of the Samaritans, as it is mentioned as such by the Gospel of John and coins produced by a Roman mint situated in Nablus included within their design a depiction of the temple ; surviving coins from this mint, dated to 138 – 161 CE, show a huge temple complex, statues, and a substantive staircase leading from Nablus to the temple itself.

The oldest known depiction of the Staff God was found on some broken gourd fragments in a burial site in the Pativilca River Valley ( Norte Chico region ) and carbon dated to 2250BC.

It is a 6cm-long piece of quartzite rock, and has been interpreted as a depiction of the human form, gender indeterminate and faceless, dated between 300, 000 and 500, 000 years ago, during the Middle Acheulean period.

The first two films in the franchise were among the most popular of the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema ( usually dated from 1986 to 1993 ) and were known for their depiction of Chinese nationalism as well as action choreography.

However, the earliest legitimate depiction of it in art is on a Dunhuang cave mural ( cave 257 ) from the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty, the painting dated to 477 – 499 AD.

Nineteenth century depiction of Vasco da Gama

As a notable exception, only one male pharaoh abandoned the rigid symbolic depiction that had become the style of the most official artwork representing the ruler, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV ( later Akhenaten ) of the same eighteenth dynasty, whose wife, Nefertiti, also may have ruled in her own right following the death of her husband.

Esther Shapiro claimed that an inspiration for the show was I, Claudius, a fictionalized depiction of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors.

In some interviews the band stated that Visconti's 1969 movie The Damned — a depiction of the fictitious German industrial dynasty of the Essenbecks — was the main inspiration.

Tang dynasty Chinese language poets | Chinese poet Li Bai, in a 13th century depiction by Liang Kai.

A Timurid dynasty | Timurid depiction of an Mongol archer.

Suibokuga, an austere monochrome style of ink painting introduced from Sung and Yuan dynasty China largely replaced the polychrome scroll paintings of the previous period, although some polychrome portraiture remained – primary in the form of chinso paintings of Zen monks. Typical of such painting is the depiction by the priest-painter Kao of the legendary monk Kensu ( Hsien-tzu in Chinese ) at the moment he achieved enlightenment.