Allegory Pins and Buttons

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

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

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

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

gouache study

Hope is the last thing ever lost

Woodcut by Johannes Josephus Aarts, ca 1910

Hand made collage art.

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

A Fruit and Vegetable Stall Above the Weinmarkt in Frankfurt (Allegory of Autumn) by Lucas van Valckenborch and Georg Flegel, 1594. Oil on canvas.

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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An illustration of korean nation reunion.

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/

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.

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.

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

Image of farm in foreground and power plant in background

Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin by Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee, 1765. 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.

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. In an era when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Artemisia was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence and had an international clientele.

While imprisoned in England, Mary Queen of Scots made an embroidery called A CATTE. This take on that design, featuring a much happier mouse and a cat(te) inspired by Hepburn Foster (co-host of Vulgar History podcast) is by Jan Jupiter (jupiterillustraties.com)

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.

Trident of Atlantis