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Definition of Ikons
1. ikon [n] - See also: ikon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ikons
Literary usage of Ikons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"A curious phase of Russian art are the ikons which were still being painted in
Petrograd, Moscow and Nijni Novgorod up to the end of the Romanoff ..."
2. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1914)
"My thoughts ikons. I. Are little, silver fishes jumping in a row, Little fishes
leaping upon a black cloth With a shark behind them. ..."
3. Among Horses in Russia by Matthew Horace Hayes (1900)
"Russian churches are very Oriental in appearance and greatly reminded me of Indian
and Egyptian mosques, except that ikons (sacred pictures) are an ..."
4. Russia, Travels and Studies by Annette M. B. Meakin (1906)
"... of St. Elias—The Demidoff Lyceum—Its director—Historical ground—Dutch
weavers—Ancient ikons— Paying toll—First theatre in Russia—Sketch of the founder's ..."
5. Others, an Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1916)
"I broke a savage bitch ikons 1 who has two tails. I named her ' Beauty ' from a
beast in Mythology. We cannot live in the houses of other men, ..."
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