Allegory Tapestries

Symbols to make you think and wonder.

Allegory. Man's head with open door to another world. Winged clocks represent flow of time

lato has Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality.

Pastel and watercolor drawing by Alphonse Mucha, 1935 Art Nouveau style decorative artwork

Art Nouveau decorative poster by Alphonse Mucha,1902 personification of Polaris, the pole star.

Digital remaster of An Allegory of Victory by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

Man's head with open door to another world. Winged clocks represents flow of time

A symbolic design to make you wonder about peace...

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gouache study

Hope is the last thing ever lost

Woodcut by Johannes Josephus Aarts, ca 1910

Vintage dimensional artwork by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh 1904. Fine art nouveau textured and stained gesso. fantasy woman with baby breezes

Hand made collage art.

Not sure what to describe that isn't in the image itself.

This lovely 1898 cigar label shows the Victorian allegorical representations of both the US and Cuba, united in support of the cigar rolling industry in Key West. The image is available under Creative Commons license with attribution; original is courtesy of the Florida Keys Libraries. https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyslibraries/6364731585/in/photolist-7U8WfT-aGr17v-aGqRdM-aGqTBn-aGqXT6-aGqU8Z-aGqSNx-aGr2nx-aGr1kX-aGqUXt-aGqYta-aGrom2-f8xvSK-f8MNBL-aGqYVP-aGqW8Z-6PFf4s-f8MNMo-5kwFo9

Andalusian Allegory featuring a roma woman from Andalusia, Spain. Worked in Procreate.

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Allegory of Love, Cupid and Psyche by Francisco Goya, 1798-1805. Oil on canvas.

Official commision for FALCO archery + arrows brand. Best manufacture of archs and fine arrows http://falco.ee/

THE HILLS HAVE EYES AND EARS Medieval Allegory

Allegorical illustration that represents the night of the end of the year unfolding its golden and festive hair that flutters in the wind of illusions and hopes for the new year.

Image of farm in foreground and power plant in background

Allegory of Vanity by Antonio de Pereda, 1632-1636. Oil on canvas.

Mark Ryden is an American artist known for his surreal and meticulously detailed paintings that often incorporate elements of pop culture, mythology, and religious symbolism. Born on January 20, 1963, in Medford, Oregon, Ryden developed a passion for art at a young age and went on to study illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Indigenous challenge with games on the trunk, ritual tradition and secular custom. And so for many generations these indigenous boys pass the adult stage... everyone watches and enshrines them.

An allegory of cholera mortality. Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie, 1804-1860.

Italia Turrita is personification of Italy as a young woman with her head surrounded by a mural towers crown. Great as a gift for your Italian friends, Italian chef or to show your roots from Italy.

If They Hold Their Cards Tight, Do Not Trust Them! The epitome of all the romantic and love relationship experience. As the good people for you will let you know.

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Orazio Gentileschi

Based on an original colored pencil drawing by Maria J. William.

Allegory to Spring, nestled within sacred geometry and utilizing numerology, is a call for transformation.

Trident of Atlantis

My summer garden so bright and inspiring , I can't resist. I love to sketch and paint flowers over and over again. For original art please visit my website; www.svitlanaprouty.com

Arion was a kitharode in ancient Greece