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    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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  • Christian allegory may refer to: Allegory in Christian literature Biblical allegory Allegorical interpretation of the Bible Medieval allegory Christian...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • "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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  • The Parable of the Olive Tree is an extended allegory recounted in Chapter 5 of the Book of Jacob, the third book of the Book of Mormon. The narrative...
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    Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton...
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    Allegory of Happiness is an oil on copper painting by Bronzino, probably first produced for the Studiolo of Francesco I, signed BROZ. FAC. and now in the...
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    Letters Archived 2006-09-08 at archive.today "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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    Allegory of Intemperance is an oil on wood painting by Hieronymus Bosch made c. 1490–1500. It is held in the Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven...
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    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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  • Agenoria is a Roman goddess of activity (actus). Her name is presumably derived from the Latin verb agō, "to do, drive, go"; present participle agēns....
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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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    of Painting (Dutch: Allegorie op de schilderkunst), also known as The Allegory of Painting, or Painter in his Studio, is a 17th-century oil on canvas...
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    An Allegory of Folly (early 16th century) by Quentin Matsys...
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    Allegory of Justice is an oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari. The painting was commissioned on 6 January 1543 by cardinal...
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