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Symbolism

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Mythology

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Images from the collections

Images about Symbolism

11 images from works
  • Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
  • A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.
  • A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Demonology and devil-lore / Moncure D. Conway.
  • A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • Two peasants hold a red robe; cherubs blow wind and Mercury rests on water below; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • Demonology and devil-lore / Moncure D. Conway.
  • A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • Three doves with a dovecote and church in the distance, all surrounded by bay tree branches entwined in an ornate border. Engraving by H. Terasson after F. Barlow.

Works from the collections

179 works

    • Books

    Miti, emblemi, spie : morfologia e storia / Carlo Ginzburg.

    Ginzburg, Carlo. | Date: [1986], ©1986
    • Books

    Die heilige Urschrift der menschheit : symbolgeschichtliche unter suchungen diesseits und jenseits des Nordatlantik / [Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch].

    Wirth Roeper Bosch, Herman, 1885-1981. | Date: [1936]
    • Books

    Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

    | Date: [1998], ©1998
    • Books

    Antropología del cerebro : la conciencia y los sistemas simbólicos / Roger Bartra.

    Bartra, Roger. | Date: 2007
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    Mystical transformations : the imagery of liquids in the work of Mechthild von Magdeburg / James C. Franklin.

    Franklin, James C., 1943- | Date: 1978
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Related topics

Alchemy
Mythology
Medieval
Folklore
Ancient
Alchemy
Alchemy
Human Body
Mexico
Psychoanalysis

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