Allegory of Wisdom and Strength( The Choice of Hercules or Hercules and Omphale), 1584 https://t.co/UgNzxiXDcx

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His portraits of women lack the veracity of his men. They are presented in almost heraldic form. Allegory of Abundance (1480-5), Portrait of a Young Woman (c1480) & Young Woman (1480-5)

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To work mine end upon their senses that
This airy charm is for, I’ll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I’ll drown my book.

Prospero
The Tempest A5Sc1


art: Allegory Of Winter
Joos de Momper

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There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.

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"The Wheel of Fortune" by Edward Burne-Jones, was painted from 1875-83. It's an allegory with individual lives elevated or cast down as the wheel of fortune turns. A painfully slow painter Burne-Jones was himself deeply concerned about 'running out of time'.

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[cookie run]

why choco werehound is a trans allegory a thread:
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Jan Boeckhorst (c. 1604 – 21 April 1668), was a Flemish painter.Allegory of Africa (from the Continents Cycle)

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And the drama begins.
For those who wonder why Li'l D appears in the last picture, please read what this allegory represents. It is Death himself who experiences a little death here.
https://t.co/Wey5saf4iI

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"O Fortuna
Velut luna
Statu variabilis
Semper crescis
Aut decrescis"

"Allegory of Fortune", Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673), Italian

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Allegory of Patience, Giorgio Vasari, c. 1552.
[National Gallery, London].

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Allegory of light 🕯️

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Allegory of Medical Science by Robert Auer, 1914

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"Allegory of medical science"
(1914)
🖌️Robert Auer

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Allegory of Wealth – Simon Vouet, c. 1640.
[Louvre Museum, Paris].

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Allegory – Maximilian Pirner, 1911.

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Medical Allegories 21:
"Allegory of the Sense of Smell" (Interior of an 18th-century pharmacy), Germany 1730
from Ignatius Archert, "Disputationum Phylosophicorum, pars III. physica particulars", Codex Ettenheim-Münster 229, f. 62v, Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Oh this is definitely a story where the allegory hits

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Allegory of light 🕯️

Collage digital 2021
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