# A Preference for Allegorical Interpretation-Finally, Augustine was influenced by the popular allegorical interpretation of Scripture, particularly of The Book of Revelation.

Allegorical painting was raised above other types of history painting ; together they were the grand genre, including paintings with religious, mythological, historical, literary, or allegorical subjects — they embodied some interpretation of life or conveyed a moral or intellectual message.

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* Bartholomeus Spranger Allegorical Scene painted on metal

Allegorical depiction of the Four Seasons ( Horae ) and smaller attendant figures that flank a Roman double-doorway representing the entrance to the afterlife, on a mid-3rd century AD sarcophagus

John Luttrell ( picture ) | Allegorical portrait of John Luttrell ( soldier ) | Sir John Luttrell, 1550, oil on panel

The museum's holdings include many of Thomas Eakins's sketches and studies related to his paintings of Rush, along with the most famous painting: William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ( aka William Rush and His Model ), 1876 – 77, oil on canvas ( mounted on Masonite ), 20 1 / 8 x 26 1 / 8 inches ( 51. 1 x 66. 4 cm ).

File: William rush carving his allegorical figur of schuylkill river thomas eakins. jpeg | William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ( aka William Rush and His Model ) by Thomas Eakins ( 1876-77 ), oil on canvas, 20 1 / 8 x 26 1 / 8 inches.

Their 1993 album Allegorical Misunderstanding was released on John Zorn's record label, Avant, although most of their albums have come out on independent label P. S. F.

File: William rush carving his allegorical figur of schuylkill river thomas eakins. jpeg | Thomas Eakins, William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of Schuylkill River, 1876-1877

Image: AllegoryofScience. JPG | Allegorical medal of Science, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg

* Swinford, Dean, “ Defining Irrealism: Scientific Development and Allegorical Possibility ,” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 12. 1 ( 2001 ): 77-89.

Allegorical stories are central to the poetic diction of many cultures, and were prominent in the West during classical times, the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology.

File: La cúpula. jpg | Allegorical ceiling frescoes painted by Raúl Soldi

Allegory | Allegorical depiction of the Roman goddess Abundantia with a cornucopia, by Rubens ( ca.

Allegorical figures from his works — “ Geharnischte Sonette ” (“ Withering Sonnets ”) and “ Weisheit des Brahmanen ” (“ Wisdom of the Brahmans ”) — are situated at the feet of the bronze Rückert.

Powys As an Allegorical Novelist.

Allegorical elements reference Dante, indicating an interest in literature.

Allegorical depiction of Bulgarian autonomy after the Treaty of Berlin ( 1878 ) | Treaty of Berlin.

File: William Rush carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill river. png | Thomas Eakins, William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River, 1908

Allegorical figures of the University.

File: Fountain in Fairmount Park, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. jpg | Allegorical Figure of The Schuylkill River ( aka Water Nymph and Bittern ) ( 1809 ).

File: William Rush Carving The Allegorical Figure Of The Schuylkill G151A. jpg | Eakins's key to the 1876-77 painting.

BMEWS intelligence is simultaneously flashed to NORAD ( North American Air Defense Command ) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for interpretation ; ;

In looking back over the volumes, it is possible to find errors of interpretation, some of which were not so evident at the time of writing.

But as a stimulating, provocative interpretation of the broad sweep of English development it is incomparable.

And we can add that Krutch's interpretation of purgation is also one answer to Plato's fear that poetry will encourage our passions.

It is no longer possible to say that a sceptical attitude towards the received accounts of the invasions almost automatically produces a `` shore occupied by '' interpretation.

Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him -- we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul.

Some of the poetic cadence of the older version certainly is lost in the newer one, but almost anyone, with a fair knowledge of the English language, can understand the meaning, without the necessity of interpretation by a Biblical scholar.

According to the official interpretation of the Charter, a member cannot be penalized by not having the right to vote in the General Assembly for nonpayment of financial obligations to the `` special '' United Nations' budgets, and of course cannot be expelled from the Organization ( which you suggested in your editorial ), due to the fact that there is no provision in the Charter for expulsion.

Assistance is rendered to interested Rhode Island businessmen concerning interpretation of bid invitations, where to obtain specifications, and follow-ups concerning qualification.

This is a serious-minded interpretation, but it is never strait-laced.

Every detail in his interpretation has been beautifully thought out, and of these I would especially cite the delicious laendler touch the pianist brings to the fifth variation ( an obvious indication that he is playing with Viennese musicians ), and the gossamer shading throughout.

Willingness to take the risk of early and direct interpretation ( with the proviso that if the interpretation is too threatening, the worker can withdraw ) is another prominent feature in these efforts.

Since a national interpretation cannot be avoided it is unfortunate that the elections were not held in a way to maximize party responsibility and the educational effect of mass political participation.

The purpose set forth at the beginning of this book was first to introduce the reader to a general background knowledge of the various types and capabilities of the forecasting methods already in use, so that he might then be in a position to evaluate for himself the validity of the rather astonishing empirical correlation that is to follow, and to appraise the forecast that its interpretation suggests for the future of farm prices over the years immediately ahead.

He has advised me that the narrower interpretation is the proper one ; ;

It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '', as represented by Barth, rests on the following thesis: The only tenable alternative to Bultmann's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ;

and, most pervasively, ( 3 ) their interpretation of who is a `` real pro '', of what it means to be a professional man in a technical, fragmented society.

It is Martin Heidegger, not Nietzsche, who elaborated a new interpretation of Aristotle, intended to warrant his deconstruction of scholastic and philosophical tradition.

His interpretation of the Pauline phrase is that we should seek the common good more than the private good, but this is because the common good is a more desirable good for the individual.