The " Allegory of Music " is a popular theme in painting ; in this example, Lippi uses symbol s popular during the High Renaissance, many of which refer to Greek mythology.

Allegory is a device in which characters or events represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric ; a rhetorical allegory is a demonstrative form of representation conveying meaning other than the words that are spoken.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which appears in book VII of The Republic, is a description of such a journey, as are the writings of Teresa of Avila.

The analogy of the divided line immediately follows another Platonic metaphor, that of the sun, and is in turn followed by the Allegory of the Cave.

The term Platonism is used because such a view is seen to parallel Plato's Theory of Forms and a " World of Ideas " ( Greek: Eidos ( εἶδος )) described in Plato's Allegory of the cave: the everyday world can only imperfectly approximate an unchanging, ultimate reality.

A painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier, which hangs in the Ashmolean Museum, is An Allegory of Justice and Vanity.

The Allegory of the Cave — also known as the Analogy of the Cave, Plato's Cave, or the Parable of the Cave — is an allegory used by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic to illustrate " our nature in its education and want of education " ( 514a ).

The Allegory of the Cave is presented after the metaphor of the sun ( 508b – 509c ) and the analogy of the divided line ( 509d – 513e ).

In addition, the Allegory of the Cave is an attempt to explain the philosopher's place in society: to attempt to enlighten the " prisoners ".

Plato's Phaedo contains similar imagery to that of the Allegory of the Cave ; a philosopher recognizes that before philosophy, his soul was " a veritable prisoner fast bound within his body ... and that instead of investigating reality by itself and in itself it is compelled to peer through the bars of its prison ".

A painting by Paolo Veronese is in the collection of the Gallerie dell ' Accademia in Venice and Titian's Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto, using the battle as a background, hangs in the Prado in Madrid.

' Allegory ' is a key element of Hindu religion and modern day experts in Communications and Business Communications recognise how superior it is as a concept to represent abstract ideas.

# Versuch einer Allegorie (" Attempt at an Allegory ") ( 1766 ), which, although containing the results of much thought and reading, is not conceived in a thoroughly critical spirit.

A painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier, which hangs in the Ashmolean Museum, is An Allegory of Justice and Vanity.

The brain in a vat is a contemporary version of the argument given in Hindu Maya illusion, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Zhuangzi's " Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly ", and the evil demon in René Descartes ' Meditations on First Philosophy.

It is believed that also on this occasion, either Lorenzo il Magnifico or Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco himself, commissioned Botticelli's Allegory of Spring to celebrate the wedding-with Mercury representing Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco and Semiramide represented by the central Grace ( or possibly Flora ).

The fame of Artemisia probably intrigued him, and it is not a coincidence that his collection included a painting of great suggestion, the (" Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting.

* The relationship between Chaucer's Troilus and his source material is discussed extensively by C. S. Lewis in The Allegory of Love.

The bottom third of the panel belongs to Yale University Art Gallery and is exhibited under the title Allegory of Gluttony.

Allegory And Self is a LP released by Psychic TV in 1988 that comprises a varied selection of their work.

Allegory and metaphor have often played an important role in the history of biology.

During early middle life he produced the most important of his writings, his didactic poems, the Maechdenplicht (" Duty of Maidens ") and the Sinne-en Minnebeelden (" Images of Allegory and Love ").

The collection also includes other works by various Spanish sculptors, such as the Venus by Bartolomeo Ammanati and the alabaster relief of the Allegory of Francisco I de ’ Medici by Giambologna.

They number around 80 and span his entire career from his early years in Italy with paintings such as Rubens painting the Allegory of Peace to late works from the end of his Spanish years such as Charles II on Horseback, The prudent Abigail and The Capture of a Fortress.

" Allegory " introduced the main conceptual themes and ideals that are going to be omnipresent throughout the entire opening ceremony, such as the confluence of the past and present, love and passion as the progenitors of history, and humanity's attempt to understand itself.

The piano nobile also contains such rooms as the Chapel, and the beautifully frescoed Nuptial Allegory Room decorated to celebrate the 1758 marriage of Ludovico Rezzonico.

His Allegory of the Planets and Continents depicts Apollo embarking on his daily course ; deities around him symbolize the planets ; allegorical figures ( on the cornice ) represent the four continents Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

Three walls are painted with frescoes consisting of a large assembly of allegorical figures of virtues in the Allegory of Good Government.

Examples include Men of the South ( 1921 ) which shows a group of IRA men ready to ambush a military vehicle and An Allegory ( c. 1922 ) which uses an unlikely clustering of figures to represent the fractures in the nascent Irish state.

Allegory was even seen in the natural world, as animals, plants, and even non-living things were interpreted in books called bestiaries as symbols of Biblical figures and morals.

The Allegory of the Olive Tree in St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans ( which reappears in greatly expanded form in the Book of Jacob in the Book of Mormon ) refers to the scattering and gathering of Israel.

* Plato: Book VII of The Republic, Allegory of the Cave at Shippensburg University

In Plato's Allegory of the cave, which appears in the Republic Book 7 ( 514a – 520a ), he writes ( speaking, as he does in many of his works, through the character of Socrates ):

The cover graphics feature Austin Osman Spare's General Allegory and other illustrations from his Automatic Drawings and Book Of Satyrs.

* Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust, Eve Bunting ( A Notable Children ’ s Book in the Field of Social Studies )

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3 very peculiar " pasos " compose this congregation, 2 of which are unique to Lucena: that of the " Holy Faith Allegory " and also that of " Jesus washing St Peter's feet ".

* Jonathan Loesberg, " Allegory and Narrative in Clarissa ," Novel 15 ( Fall 1981 ): 39 – 59.

Philosophical texts have influenced the series as well: many similarities exist between Amber and Plato's Republic ( see the Allegory of the cave ) and the classical problems of metaphysics, virtuality, solipsism, logic, possible worlds, probability, doubles and essences are also repeatedly reflected on.

It also served as background music ( in full length ) during the " Allegory " segment of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony cultural show.

At Somerset House, also built by his friend Chambers, he prepared the decorations for the interior of the north block, including the rooms into which the Royal Academy moved in 1750, which now house the Courtauld Collection The central panel of the Royal Academy's ante-room was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds but the four compartments in the coves, representing Allegory, Fable, Nature and History, were Cipriani's.

He also appeared opposite his son, Laurence Fox in " Allegory of Love ," an episode in the third season of Lewis.

In the other two facing panels, Ambrogio weaves panoramic visions of Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, and Allegory of Bad Government and its Effects on Town and Country ( also called " Ill-governed Town and Country ").

In 1937, Lucille Lloyd unveiled her triptych mural " Origin and Development of the Name of the State of California ", also known as " California Allegory ", which was displayed at the State Building in Los Angeles until 1975 when the building was demolished for safety reasons.

Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time ( also called An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus ) is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino.