Allegory of the Treasures of the Sea (+detail) by Circle of Jacopo Zucchi, 16th c.

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sneaky red ribbon...

warmup liu qingge lil bit based on ao3 user arbitraryallegory's bingliushen fic! (https://t.co/VHMxDGdlsH)

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fanart sketch. An allegory of something like the torment of Tantalus, but worse...

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Evangelion fans: The scene where the mass produced EVAs attacked Asuka in End wasn't literal, just metaphorical. Which is also she returned for the ending. It's clear it was an allegory for the seven headed dragon that brings forth the end of the world in the bible.
Jojo fans:

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Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee (1725-1805), Allegory of Love, Innocence and Prudence, oil on canvas, 1776

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2/2 Allegory of wealth, in which we note that nobody really looks very happy. By Hans von Aachen, who died on this day in 1615.

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So anyway Artemisia Gentileschi is cool as fuck and here are some of her other pieces

Allegory of Inclination • Judith Slaying Holofernes • Self Portrait • David with the Head of Goliath

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2/2 Just watering the potted plants: allegory of Grammar by Laurent de La Hyre, whose birthday was today.

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Ranma 1/2 and the Anything-Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative

Paul White revisits the famous genderbending manga and the ways Ranma's anger at his curse works as an allegory for transmasculine identity

https://t.co/iah6w8vdOv

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The sumptuous to Ester Piaggio, died at only 32, is a masterpiece of neogothic architecture. The lady -an allegory of history- wears a necklace made of stars (hope) and holds a broken pen (death). Its magnificence is a clear proof of how deeply this woman was loved.

🖤

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Seen at the Kunstkammer in Vienna: Allegory of Vanity, by Michel Erhart or Jörg Syrlin the Elder c. 1470. A metaphor of the transience of youth, this wooden sculpture was in the 19th century enclosed in a cabinet, which allowed only one figure to be seen through a narrow opening.

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I couldn't find any reference to her being a trans allegory, but her design is so awesome.

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Jan van Dalen I (c. 1610-after 1662), Allegory of the Four Elements, oil on canvas, 1653

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King Saul of DOMINION. A Sci-Fantasy Biblical Allegory inspired by the book of 1 Samuel. Coming Fall 2020.

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2/2 Allegory of Earth, 1580, including a broad variety of produce AND pets. Of course, because Jacopo Bassano cared about them! And today is his day.

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Robert Auer.
(1873-1952)
Allegory of medical science. 1914.

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