Holy Allegory information

The Holy Allegory is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, dating from c. 1490 to 1500. It is in the Uffizi gallery in Florence...

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...

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...

chapter contains a discussion about circumcision and the allegory of the "Fruit of the Holy Spirit". The original text was written in Koine Greek. This...

a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted...

In 1854, Thomas Babington Macaulay asserted that The Holy War was "the second-greatest allegory ever written, surpassed only by The Pilgrim's Progress...

Gloria, The Dream of Philip II or Allegory of the Holy League. The piece depicts the nominal "adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus. Beside Philip II are...

1490) – Oil on wood, 58 x 107 cm, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice Holy Allegory (c. 1490) – Oil on panel, 73 x 199 cm, Uffizi, Florence Madonna and...

Bellini paints the Holy Allegory and Portrait of a Gentleman (both Uffizi, Florence) c. 1490–1504: Giovanni Bellini paints four Allegories 1492: Andrea Mantegna...

Diocese of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its...

of the Cross. The commission was intended to celebrate the relic of the Holy Cross which the confraternity had received in 1369. Gentile's contributions...

John the Baptist Portrait of a Young Man (Paris) Holy Allegory Portrait of a Young Senator Allegories Portrait of a Condottiero Annunciation Christ Blessing...

explanation of the allegory. In this same period of the early 5th century, three other authors of importance to the history of allegory emerged: Claudian...

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...

claims to be the exclusive One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ. It claims that the Holy See, the institution of the Papacy...

and defeating a particular vice. However, Prudentius did not base his allegory on the cardinal and theological virtues, nor did he use the traditional...

The Sun and Moon allegory is used to depict a medieval political theory of hierocracy which submits the secular power to the spiritual power, stating that...

brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed approximately eight million people. Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand...

Puritan preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model...

[dɑ̃s ma.kabʁ]), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The Danse Macabre...

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...

(Christian soldier) or miles Christi (soldier of Christ) is a Christian allegory based on New Testament military metaphors, especially the Armor of God...