#allegory — Public Fediverse posts

"The Pitch" or "Genesis." Oil Paint on two by three foot Board Canvas. 1995. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #painting #paintings #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #oilpaint #workinginoils #arts #artistic #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #bible #thebible #pitch #genesis #booksofthebible #allegory #myth #mythology #fable #fables #favoritefables #fracturedfairytales #fairytale #fairytales #philosophy

"The Pitch" or "Genesis." Oil Paint on two by three foot Board Canvas. 1995. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #painting #paintings #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #oilpaint #workinginoils #arts #artistic #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #bible #thebible #pitch #genesis #booksofthebible #allegory #myth #mythology #fable #fables #favoritefables #fracturedfairytales #fairytale #fairytales #philosophy

"The Pitch" or "Genesis." Oil Paint on two by three foot Board Canvas. 1995. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #painting #paintings #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #oilpaint #workinginoils #arts #artistic #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #bible #thebible #pitch #genesis #booksofthebible #allegory #myth #mythology #fable #fables #favoritefables #fracturedfairytales #fairytale #fairytales #philosophy

"The Pitch" or "Genesis." Oil Paint on two by three foot Board Canvas. 1995. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #painting #paintings #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #oilpaint #workinginoils #arts #artistic #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #bible #thebible #pitch #genesis #booksofthebible #allegory #myth #mythology #fable #fables #favoritefables #fracturedfairytales #fairytale #fairytales #philosophy

"The Pitch" or "Genesis." Oil Paint on two by three foot Board Canvas. 1995. #art #arting #artwork #artworks #painting #paintings #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #oilpaint #workinginoils #arts #artistic #baseball #baseballplayer #baseballplayers #bible #thebible #pitch #genesis #booksofthebible #allegory #myth #mythology #fable #fables #favoritefables #fracturedfairytales #fairytale #fairytales #philosophy

Watching #TheMatrix for the first time in at least 10 years. This is the first time I've watched it since learning that the Wachowskis confirmed that the movie is about being trans (and closeted).

It is a different movie with this perspective. Significantly different.

#movies #trans #allegory #wachowskis

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a04719fa-8963-4bae-a95c-24cc62228987

#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes #mythology #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a04719fa-8963-4bae-a95c-24cc62228987

#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes #mythology #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a04719fa-8963-4bae-a95c-24cc62228987

#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes #mythology #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a04719fa-8963-4bae-a95c-24cc62228987

#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes #mythology #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a04719fa-8963-4bae-a95c-24cc62228987

#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes #mythology #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Wilhelm Dilich, from Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen (1598).

Source: @bsbmuenchen

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/abf6c4e9-658b-45ed-b13f-edc82e9a2858

#watercolours #royalty #costumes #botanical-art #processions #allegory #pageantry #parties #horses #flowers #knights #chariots #plants #art #publicdomain

An #article from 2012 on the #NewYorker. #Messianic movements, #allegory vs #politics, and the true, down-to-earth #meaning of #Revelation. (Plus, a lot of clumsy, heavy-handed metaphors.) 🙄
https://archive.is/DoV5k

#Bible #christianity #ElainePagels #AdamGopnik #Apocalypse #gnosticism

#ChessInVisualArts
Master B. R. (engraver in the late 15th c., Lower Rhine)
Check to the King (King and Death playing chess)
Engraving
2nd half of the 15th c.
Albertina, Vienna, Austria, No. DG1928/248
#chess #death #king #morality #religion #allegory #VisibleArts #engraving



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