They are, rather, what the professors call cultural signifiers, contemporary icons that stand for deep-running collective urges, like the fantasy of an intimate connection with nature.

The klivanion could be worn over a mail shirt, as shown on some contemporary icons depicting military saints.

The Blue Carpet was intended to complement the existing buildings and give the city a contemporary icon.

Agni Paritchai brings contemporary icons from various platforms of society to answer the questions of the interviewer.

At least one of these portraits has itself become a recognizable contemporary feminist icon (cf: Betty Hirst).

Inside the chapel there is an interesting, contemporary icon of Christ in Gethsemane.

Like contemporary Russian icons, they are the extensions of an established tradition, a modern-day homage to a revered and still relevant past.

"Wonder Women: Idols in Contemporary Art," works of contemporary female icons.

He used contemporary icons as motifs in his works and for his other activities put together media such as films, newspapers and rock bands.

Early work by Cohen is a mixture of traditional Japanese imagery, contemporary icons, and numbers, as well as his signature, the letter "C".