30.5.12

Allegories


An allegory is considered an image which is provided to better understand an exposed issue. The Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) defines allegory in “The True God Pan” as «a mirror that moves what is with what is not» (la alegoria no es más / que un espejo que traslada / lo que es con lo que no es).

Considera-se como imagem fornecida para melhor entender o assunto exposto. O dramaturgo Espanhol Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) define alegoria em “The True God Pan” como «the allegory is but a mirror that moves what is with what is not» (la alegoria no es más / que un espejo que traslada / lo que es con lo que no es).

Jerzy Eleuter Szymonowicz Siemiginowski (1660-1711)-'allegory of Spring'-oil on canvas-ca 1880   Warsaw-Willánow Palace Museum

Francisco de Goya (1746-1826)-'allegory of the Constitution of 1812 (truth, time and history)'-oil on canvas   Stockholm-National museum

Diego de Rivera (1886-1957)-'allegory of California'-freco-1930   San Francisco-Pacific Stick Exchange Tower

Anonymous (19th century)-'allegory from the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic (1873)'  from 'La Flaca'

Ignacio de Ries (ca 1612-1661). 'allegory of the Tree of Life'-1653   Segovia-Catedral

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