Allegorical art

The Virgin Mary stars in a vintage and classic work of art that needs no introduction. This masterpiece from Johann Michael Rottmayr is one that will be studied for ages to come. Allegorical Religious Scene with the Virgin Mary (18th Century) by Johann Michael Rottmayr is produced with printing that covers the entirety of the canvas for a sleek and stylish museum-quality look. Our framed prints are made by expert craftsmen who strive to make each canvas the masterpiece that your home…

Take the Throne. Photo by Alex Stoddard Photography. Please retain photographer’s credit–many thanks!

When this pair of allegorical paintings (together with Walters 37.119) was completed in 1872, a Belgian critic wrote: M. Gallait just finished two paintings forming a pendant pair that rank among the best things he has ever done. They are allegories of peace and war, but allegories conceived in a new order of ideas, substituting living reality for imaginary abstractions. . . . The critic concluded with this ringing endorsement: "Peace" and "War" are about to leave for London. Let's hope that…

Optimist's Reef Kevin Sloan

Jules Lefebvre - Allégorie de la Victoire

Illustrations by Mihály Zichy (1888) The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Georgian: ვეფხისტყაოსანი) is Georgia's national poet Shota Rustaveli's only surviving poem, written in the 12th century. It tells the friendship of two heroes, Avtandil and Tariel, and their quest to find the object of love, Nestan-Darejan, an allegorical embodiment of Queen Tamar. These idealized heroes and devoted friends are united by generosity, sincerity, and dedication.

Martin Wittfooth transposes the temperament we typically associate with large animals to those much smaller, painting foxes and birds as the heroic victors of this works while making larger animals much more passive and calm. Each of his paintings feature these creatures in environments that deviate from the peaceful surrounding we would expect—trash and decay littering the the ground while smog fills the sky. “As a species we share a pretty significant degree of similar reactions to the…

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Painting Archives Pop Surreal-Influenced Narraive Painting: 2006-2012 Between roughly 2006 and 2012 I created a body of intricate, almost illustrative paintings whose strange mash-up of influences included history, mythology, pop surrealist art, children’s books and Disney cartoons. Suffused with pessimistic shadows and redemptive illumination, these works harnessed the pageantry of anthropomorphic heroes and martyrs