As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to...
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Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect...
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The Allegory is the eighth studio album by American rapper Royce da 5'9". It was released through eOne Music on February 21, 2020. It features guest appearances...
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Allegory and Self: Illustrations in Sound is a studio album released by Psychic TV in 1988. Several versions have appeared, including the original picture...
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The Allegory of Marriage (French: Allégorie Conjugale), also titled the Allegory of Separation (Allégorie de la séparation), and formerly known as the...
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The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936), by C. S. Lewis (ISBN 0192812203), is an exploration of the allegorical treatment of love in...
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The Parabola Allegory is a Rosicrucian allegory, of unknown authorship, dating from the latter part of the seventeenth century. It is sometimes attributed...
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Allegory of Sight is an oil painting by Jan Brueghel the Younger. The painting showcases varied objects associated with sight, the arts, and navigation...
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Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (redirect from An Allegory of Venus and Cupid)
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (also called An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus) is an allegorical painting of about 1545 by the Florentine...
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The Allegory of Prudence (c. 1550–1565) is an oil-on-canvas painting attributed to the Italian artist Titian and his assistants. The painting portrays...
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Urban Allegory (French: Allégorie citadine) is 2024 French short film co-written and co-directed by Alice Rohrwacher and JR based on Plato's Allegory of...
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Battle of Lepanto (redirect from Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto)
(may you achieve greater deeds; Fernando died as a child, in 1578). The Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto (c. 1572, oil on canvas, 169 x 137 cm, Gallerie...
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Phaedrus (dialogue) (redirect from Chariot Allegory)
erotic love, and the nature of the human soul shown in the famous Chariot Allegory. Socrates runs into Phaedrus on the outskirts of Athens. Phaedrus has just...
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Allegory of Intemperance is an oil on wood painting by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch made c. 1490–1500. It is held in the Yale University Art Gallery...
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A Defense of Abortion (redirect from Violinist allegory)
A Defense of Abortion is a moral philosophy essay by Judith Jarvis Thomson first published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1971. Granting for the sake...
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theory, an allegory is a category that has some of the structure of the category Rel of sets and binary relations between them. Allegories can be used...
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Allegory of Peace or Triumph of Peace is a 1652 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Jan Lievens. The painting represents the 1648 Treaty of Münster...
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Christian allegory may refer to: Biblical allegory Allegorical interpretation of the Bible Christian allegory in Christian literature Medieval allegory Christian...
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Personifications of death (redirect from Allegory of death)
Personifications of death are found in many religions and mythologies. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a...
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Columbia (personification) (redirect from Columbia (allegory))
Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 4, 2024. "Origins: The Female Form as Allegory". Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2014...
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The Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a series of three fresco panels painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti between February 1338 and May 1339. The paintings...
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Hispania (personification) (redirect from Allegory of Hispania)
peseta, which itself was based upon the allegory used during the reign of Hadrian. From then on, the allegory would be made into monuments, statues and...
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The Art of Painting (redirect from Allegory of Art)
The Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting (Dutch: Allegorie op de schilderkunst), or Painter in his Studio, is a 17th-century oil on...
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Faith (redirect from Allegory of faith)
Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, faith is "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion"...
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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, also known as Autoritratto in veste di Pittura or simply La Pittura, was painted by the Italian Baroque artist...
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An Allegory of Folly (early 16th century) by Quentin Matsys...
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The allegory of the long spoons is a parable that shows the difference between heaven and hell by means of people forced to eat with long spoons. It is...
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Primavera (Botticelli) (redirect from Allegory Of Spring)
particular group together. Most critics agree that the painting is an allegory based on the lush growth of Spring, but accounts of any precise meaning...
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Allegory of Spring, either a title or a description of a painting, may refer to: Primavera by Botticelli Rêve de printemps by William-Adolphe Bouguereau...
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National personification (redirect from National allegory)
painting by Philipp Veit, which was realized between 1834 and 1836 In this Allegory depicting the 1576 Pacification of Ghent by Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne...
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