An example of the symbolic portrait is Andre Kertesz's classic photograph of the doorway to Mondrian's studio in Paris.

This understanding of history and Elizabeth's place in it forms the background to the symbolic portraits of the latter half of her reign.

Attributed to Isaac Oliver, perhaps the most heavily symbolic portrait of the queen is the Rainbow Portrait.

Dame Frances Yates points out that the most complexly symbolic portraits may all commemorate specific events or have been designed as part of elaborate themed entertainments.

The four other artists are more formally oriented, although Mike Solomon's schematic headgear, rendered in liquid wax on canvas, are symbolic portraits with implicit personalities.

Carved in wood, sometimes vividly painted, many of them are basically symbolic portraits of animals, birds, or natural forces - sky, wind, air - associated with specific ethnic groups.

She is best remembered as the live model for a series of her father's symbolic portraits of girls, and less as an aspiring artist.

Tonight at 7 P.M., there will be a forum on the work of A. G. Rizzoli, an artist known for his symbolic architectural portraits.

Although the participants remain anonymous, their revelations are the basis of symbolic composite portraits that contribute to a larger narrative of experience and survival.

"The result is a moving and madly inventive documentary experience-an evocative, symbolic portrait of rural America and its inhabitants."