The phrase "a traditional image" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a visual representation that is commonly associated with a particular culture, practice, or historical context.
Example: "The painting depicted a traditional image of a rural village during the harvest season."
Alternatives: "a classic representation" or "a conventional depiction".
The wedding pas de deux ended its adagio with a traditional image: Ms. Tuttle held in a fish dive on Mr. Corella's back.
It is a traditional image, harking back to the 19th century, when Native Americans were often employed as icons of Liberty.
The female figure — nude, kneeling and tensed — is almost certainly a traditional image of an ancestral spirit and was possibly created as a grave marker.
The order dictates that all booths taking part in the week-long festival, which ends on Saturday, must present "a traditional image … as much in their decoration as the music they play".
Judge Wapner, an elderly white man whose demeanor was one of sardonic reserve, conveyed a traditional image of judicial wisdom; a raised eyebrow was all it took to convey his high standards for human behavior.
Eileen O'Brien, a consultant at Art Plus, a corporate-art consulting firm in Springfield, N.J., says financial firms generally seek to project a traditional image and go for the Old World look, whereas high-technology companies favor trendy, cutting-edge pieces with vibrant colors.
Sensational as the effects of HMDs are, it turns out that the additions they lend to the viewing experience don't actually add more information than a human can gather from looking at a more traditional image.
"There is a very traditional image of women and men that was taken to an extreme in the Third Reich: female mother cult and male fraternity.
TM: The art of weaving things together is a very traditional image of soul.
By extension, one could add, the notion of Eve and Lilith as two parts of a whole subverts the traditional image of a similar male-female dichotomy.
But this clearly stands as a challenge to the traditional image of a potential first family, and could well provide fodder for provocative conversations around kitchen tables or sly references in the late-night television comic-sphere.
