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Allegory (art)


In art, a story or message represented visually. Sometimes the literal meaning in the painting is clear, but some examples can be interpreted as having another, parallel meaning. In the second example, the literal content of the work can stand for more abstract ideas, perhaps suggesting a corresponding, deeper symbolic sense than is first apparent.

The imagery of Aboriginal art is richly allegorical of the Dreamtime creation myth that underpins the Aboriginal religion. Another example is the strange and often disturbing imagery used by Hieronymous Bosch in such paintings as The Garden of Earthly Delights (1505–10).

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