Tag: allegory

Rozentals · Princess and monkey

Janis Rozentāls (1866 – 1916) ~ The Princess and the Monkey, 1913, oil on canvas. Latvian National Museum of Art via Google Arts

In the last years of his life, Janis Rozentāls repeatedly returned to the composition with the figures of a princess and monkey. The first of the painting was exhibited in 1913 at the 3rd Baltic Artists Union exhibition and at the international art show in Munich where the Leipzig publisher Velhagen & Klasing acquired reproduction rights ensuring wide popularity for the work. The symbolic content of the decoratively resplendent Art Nouveau composition has been interpreted as an allegory of the relationship between artist and society reflecting the power of money over the artist; on other occasions, the princess is seen as “great, beautiful art” but the monkey as the artist bound by golden chains – its servant and plaything. [quoted from Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka (link)]

Janis Rozentāls (1866 – 1916) ~ The Princess and the Monkey, 1913 [DETAIL]

Allegorie von Kolo Moser

„Ver Sacrum“ H. 1/1, 1898. Tinte, Tusche und Aquarell und weiße Deckfarbe auf Papier. | src Wikimedia, scanned from unspecified artbook
Koloman Moser :: Allegorie (1897) „Ver Sacrum“ H. 1/1, 1898. Tinte, Tusche und Aquarell und weiße Deckfarbe auf Papier. | src Wikimedia, scanned from unspecified artbook
Koloman Moser :: Ver Sacrum, 1898, Heft1. | src ÖNB

Allegorische Schattenspiele

Schattenspiele
Schattenspiele. Eine, die den Teufel an die Wand malt... [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorische Schattenspiele. Eine, die den Teufel an die Wand malt… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Shadow games. One who draws the devil on the wall… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorical Shadow Games. One who draws the devil on the wall… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorical Shadow Games. The coincidence. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorische Schattenspiele. Der Zufall. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorische Schattenspiele. Der Zufall. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorical Shadow Games. The coincidence. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928
Allegorische Schattenspiele / Allegorical Shadow Games Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

In the garden with van Besten

Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Innocence, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Innocence, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Japanesque, ca. 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Japanesque, ca. 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists

Grief by Rejlander, 1864

Oscar Gustave Rejlander :: Grief, 1864 (seated woman with long hair, head bowed on her arms and her face hidden). Albumen silver print from a Collodion-glass negative. | src Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Oscar Gustave Rejlander :: Grief, 1864. Hidden Her Face, Yet Visible Her Anguish. | src Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

L´ été, ca. 1909 par C. Laguarde

pictorial portrait, harvest, summer
Céline Laguarde :: L´ Été, ca. 1909. The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. L, 1305, p. 330, October 5th, 1909. Céline Laguarde, Aix-en-Provence, Exposition (The Royal Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition, London) | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Céline Laguarde :: L´ Été, ca. 1909. The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. L, 1305, p. 330, October 5th, 1909. Céline Laguarde, Aix-en-Provence, Exposition (The Royal Photographic Society's Annual Exhibition, London) | src Musée Nicéphore Niépc
Céline Laguarde :: L´ Été, ca. 1909. The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. L, 1305, p. 330, October 5th, 1909. Céline Laguarde, Aix-en-Provence, Exposition (The Royal Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition, London) | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce

Suffragette’s Tableau, 1913

Liberty and her Attendants – (Suffragette’s Tableau) in Front of Treasury Bldg. March 3, 1913 – Washington, D.C. Women and girls in Greek costume in suffrage tableau in front of the Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. Central figure is dressed in toga as Liberty. L & M Ottenheimer, Baltimore, Md. (Publisher) | src Library of Congress – Records of the National Woman’s Party

Goddess of Discord with apple

Friedrich Stahl-Feldafing :: Gemälde. Eris Göttin der Zwietracht mit dem Zankapfel, Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration: illustr. Monatshefte für moderne Malerei, Plastik, Architektur, Wohnungskunst u. künstlerisches Frauen-Arbeiten, 1918. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

Florence Hanlin as Justice

Bullock Studio :: Justice. Miss Florence Hanlin as Justice in the Dance Drama presented at Seneca Falls, on July 20th in connection with the National Woman’s Party’s seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Equal Rights. Bullock Studio, Seneca Falls. (July 20th, 1923) | src Library of Congress