By the 17th century the influence of Renaissance painting resulted in Russian icons becoming slightly more realistic, while still following most of the old icon painting canons, as seen in the works of Bogdan Saltanov, Simon Ushakov, Gury Nikitin, Karp Zolotaryov and other Russian artists of the era.

The Khabarovsk Art Museum exhibits a rare collection of old Russian icons.

: Borodin's music is full of romantic charm and enticing melody, and much of it also rings with the pageantry and landscape of old Russia ; of onion-domed churches, richly decorated icons, and the vastness of the land.

An open-source third-party application reverted Mail to use the old icons.

Has some interesting and very old icons.

Most modern Eastern Orthodox icons are very close to their predecessors of a thousand years ago, though development, and some shifts in meaning, have occurred-for example the old man wearing a fleece in conversation with Saint Joseph usually seen in Orthodox Nativities seems to have begun as one of the shepherds, or the prophet Isaiah, but is now usually understood as the " Tempter " ( Satan ).

The four men were national icons in France and all of them lived to be at least 83 years old, basking in glory for many years after their retirement from tennis.

Some wrestlers become larger than life characters such as El Santo, one of the most popular cultural icons who always wore his mask in public, revealed his face only briefly in old age, and was even buried in his trademark silver mask.

In the center of town is an old Polish Kostel ( Catholic Church ), as well as an old wooden Orthodox church complete with ancient icons.

Seven months later, in the summer of 1917, as the war situation was getting worse for Romania, another transport was sent to Moscow, containing the most precious objects of the Romanian state, including the archives of the Romanian Academy, many antique valuables, such as 3, 500-year-old golden jewels found in Romania, ancient Dacian jewels, the jewels of the voivodes of Wallachia and Moldavia, as well as the jewels of the Romanian royalty, thousands of paintings, as well as precious cult objects owned by Romanian monasteries, such as 14th century icons and old Romanian manuscripts.

It also featured new icons on the buttons, replacing the old one.

It is home to many valuable religious objects such as old icons and early writings in Romanian, such as the 1648 Noul Testament de la Bălgrad (" The New Testament of Bălgrad ") and the 1643 Cazania lui Varlaam (" The Homiliary of Metropolitan Varlaam ").

From the other hand, on icons of St. Seraphim he is usually depicted with a lestovka in his left hand, and in some cases even in old Russian, Old-Believers-style monastic garments ( with a peculiar klobuk, and an old-fashioned cast bronze cross ), as it is with these objects that he is depicted on the only lifetime portrait of him.

He studied the old architecture, items of folk crafts, old weapons, fabrics, tapestries, embroidery, icons, etc.

He frequented many artists and gathered a valuable collection of paintings and old icons.

Brazilian traditional high society has had an ambivalent attitude toward the United States but adores all things European, especially French, which helps explain the profusion of luxury beachfront apartment buildings in neighborhoods of old Rio that have names like Cap Ferrat and Château d ' Amboise or that honor French cultural icons like Mallarmé, Baudelaire and Degas.

There were reality show stars, gay icons, old American television stars, and soap stars.

In the second and third chapters of Revelation the new version retains, however, the old phrase `` angel of the church '' which Biblical scholars have previously interpreted as meaning bishop.

Discoveries recently made of old Biblical manuscripts in Hebrew and Greek and other ancient writings, some by the early church fathers, in themselves called for a restudy of the Bible.

It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church, a woman named Catt who, as Wilson afterward found, was briefly referred to as The Cat because of her sharp tongue and fierce initiative.

He emphasized to the Presiding Elder the plan of giving up the old church and moving across the river.

The bank which held the mortgage on the old church declared that the interest was considerably in arrears, and the real estate people said flatly that the land across the river was being held for an eventual development for white working people who were coming in, and that none would be sold to colored folk.

Now, if I were you I would just plan to repair the old church so it would last for five or ten years.

One block along the Via De Burro ( in front of the church ) will bring you to the Stock Exchange in the old Temple of Neptune.

She'd say she didn't feel good on Sunday, couldn't go to church -- there'd be a little argument, but she could be stubborn -- and when the old woman had gone, quick pack the things she'd need to take, all but the dress she'd wear Monday, and take the bag down to that place in the station where you could put things in a locker overnight, for a dime.

She managed a missionary drive for the church once and got the books so confused that old Mr. Webber, the eldest elder, who'd never donated more than five dollars to anything, had to cough up five hundred dollars to avoid a scandal in what Edythe called `` the bosoms of the church ''.

As an architect he is best known for replacing the old church of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople in 532 ; his daring plans for the church strikingly displayed his knowledge.

In his old age Salieri hinted that these works were either purposely destroyed, or had been lost with the exception of a few works for the church.

A cemetery had been placed over the old church.

He took his old nurse with him as a servant and they settled down to live in Enfide, near a church to St Peter, in some kind of association with " a company of virtuous men " who were in sympathy with his feelings and his views of life.

Eastern Christians of eastern Europe and western Asia used for a long time the Julian Calendar, that of the old Orthodox church, in countries like Russia.

In the 1870s, the church influence started to diminish slightly with the passing of several laws that took some old roles of the church into the State's hands such as the registry of births and marriages.

Smith regrouped with the remaining church in Far West, Missouri, but tensions soon escalated into violent conflicts with the old Missouri settlers.

Many in the city, struck with a reverential fear, tempered with joy, ran immediately to the church, young and old citizens and strangers, all with one voice giving praise to Jesus Christ.

A year later, Voltaire's old friends began a campaign to have his body buried in the Panthéon, as church property had been confiscated by the French Government.

When the client doesn't show up, K. explores the cathedral which is empty except for an old woman and a church official.

Henry IV restored the charter granted to Gibraltar in 1310 and took two additional measures: the lands previously belonging to Algeciras ( destroyed in 1369 ) were granted to Gibraltar ; and the status of collegiate church was solicited from the pope Pius II and granted to the parish church of Saint Mary the Crowned (), now the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, on the site of the old main Moorish Mosque.

Owing to his marriage with a Bavarian princess and to his military command in the imperial service, his brother was allied more closely with the old church and resisted the new reforming efforts.

He was to seize the old city, and they were to come to his aid on the same day with seventy vessels.

As a former British privateer, Hornigold attacked only his old enemies, but for his crew, the sight of British vessels filled with valuable cargo passing by unharmed became too much, and at some point toward the end of 1717 he was demoted.

In Gough's Cave, England, remains of human bones and skulls, around 15, 000 years old, suggest that cannibalism took place amongst the people living in or visiting the cave, and that they may have used human skulls as drinking vessels.

In Hong Kong, the increasing maintenance cost of keeping the old Jetfoils running is resulting in these vessels slowly being phased out.

Fishing vessels use it from Sutton Harbour beside the old town of Plymouth, called the Barbican.

The new harbour was capable of discharging iron ore vessels of 100, 000 deadweight, a tenfold improvement on the old dock.

The Vliegende Groene Draeck foundered and new heavy vessels were reserved for the flag officers, while Tromp was relegated to the old Prins Hendrik.

The U. S. Navy's Ship Disposal Program uses ship breaking to reclaim the steel of old vessels.

In 1909, following a collapse in the bank of the river, the canal company's chief engineer Mr A. J. Cullis called for old vessels to be run aground along the bank of the Severn, near Purton, to create a makeshift tidal erosion barrier to reinforce the narrow strip of land between the river and canal.

He had an affection for old square-rigged vessels, and did not like smoky, noisy steamships of his time ; he tried to avoid active sea duty.

When he was 19 years old he was employed by Josiah Wedgwood and his partner Bentley, as a modeller of classic and domestic friezes, plaques, ornamental vessels and medallion portraits.

* Voiles d ' Antibes is one of the world's biggest gatherings of old teak and brass sailing vessels.

Enameling is an old and widely-adopted technology, for most of its history mainly used in jewelry and decorative art, but since the 19th century applied also to industrial materials and everyday consumer objects, especially cooking vessels.

As the Squadron 2000 is finished, the Navy has shifted its attention to mine prevention and will replace the old Kuha and Kiiski class minesweepers with three Katanpää class mine countermeasure vessels, previously known as the MCMV 2010 and MITO classes, that will be delivered in 2012 and reach operational readiness by 2015.

Ships used as fire ships were usually old and worn out or purpose-built inexpensive vessels.

However the Montenegrin navy was entirely constituted by old vessels from Ulcinj, most of the crew being Muslims who were discontent with the use of a Christian symbol on their flag.

On the morning of 24 February 1904, an attempt was made to scuttle five old transport vessels to block the entry to Port Arthur, sealing the Russian fleet inside.

Shortly afterwards, James Robb's 90-year old pier at the end of Wharf Road was demolished, and landfill was used to create a sheltering seawall for fishing vessels, as well as a marina for recreational craft.

Upon seeing the Earth vessels, the Minbari cruisers opened their gunports as a sign of respect and strength — an old Minbari custom that the Humans were unaware of.

* Vyse: A 17 year old Blue Rogue ( air pirates that only attack armed vessels larger than their own ships, in particular those of the Valuan Armada ).

The interior of Klingon vessels is very utilitarian in nature: this is intended to mimic an old submarine.

Today, although the impressive old steamers have long since gone, Beaumaris Pier is still a busy base for yachts and pleasure vessels of all kinds.

Once the trees are 5 – 6 years old, harvesting can begin: incisions are made orthogonally to the latex vessels, just deep enough to tap the vessels without harming the tree's growth, and the sap is collected in small buckets.