allegorical work
C21742
concept
An allegorical work is a narrative or artistic creation in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas, moral qualities, or political and social concepts beyond their literal meaning.
Observed surface forms (13)
- allegorical play ×4
- allegorical paintings ×2
- allegorical story ×2
- moral allegory ×2
- political allegory ×2
- Christian allegorical work ×1
- allegorical dialogue ×1
- allegorical drama ×1
- allegorical painting cycle ×1
- allegorical portrait ×1
- allegorical sequence ×1
- allegorical text ×1
- spiritual allegory ×1
Instances (26)
- Weisskunig
- Theuerdank
- The Fall of the City
- The Procession of Life
- Earth's Holocaust
- Ring Parable via concept surface "allegorical story"
- Tabula of Cebes via concept surface "allegorical dialogue"
- Portrait of the Marquise de Baglion as Aurora via concept surface "allegorical portrait"
- Decoration of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon via concept surface "allegorical painting cycle"
- The Fire Raisers via concept surface "political allegory"
- Das kleine Welttheater via concept surface "allegorical play"
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Das Salzburger große Welttheater (play)
via concept surface "allegorical play"
surface form: Das Salzburger große Welttheater
- Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz via concept surface "allegorical text"
- The Missing Piece via concept surface "allegorical story"
- The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
- Spaccio de la bestia trionfante
- A Game at Chess via concept surface "allegorical play"
- Allegory of the Five Senses series via concept surface "allegorical paintings"
- Die Rättin
- The Four Elements via concept surface "allegorical paintings"
- Animal Farm via concept surface "political allegory"
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Age IV
via concept surface "allegorical sequence"
surface form: The Seven Ages
- The Last Battle via concept surface "Christian allegorical work"
- Muntu via concept surface "allegorical drama"
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parable of the spider’s house
via concept surface "moral allegory"
surface form: Parable of the Spider’s House
- A Dance of the Forests via concept surface "allegorical play"