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[1] As an allegory, the job of this painting is to convey a moral message, that of the superiority of virtue over vice. The genre of allegory contrasts with Veronese's well-known tableaus of historical and biblical scenes, such as the Marriage at Cana as well as with the less formal works of other Renaissance Venetian painters like Giorgione or ...
The Allegory of Virtue and Vice and Wisdom and Strength have traveled together since their creation, through many prestigious owners and collections. Because of this, many scholars assumed that Veronese painted them as a pair. In 1970, Edgar Munhall was the first scholar to suggest that they were simply made at the same time, not as pendants. [2]
The other two are at the Frick Collection in New York: The Allegory of Virtue and Performance and Allegory of the Source of Wisdom and Power. [1] It deals with the romantic love of the Roman goddess of love Venus and the god of war Mars, as described in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Allegory of Hercules; Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation; Allegory of Justice; The Allegory of Love (Veronese) Allegory of Music; Allegory of Painting and Sculpture; Allegory of Prudence; Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto; Allegory of the Element Earth; An Allegory of Truth and Time; Allegory of Vice (Correggio) Allegory of Virtue (Correggio)
Allegory of Virtue and Vice (Veronese) C. Cephalus and Procris; L. Lucretia (Veronese) M. Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog; Minerva between Geometry and Arithmetic; V.
The parable stems from the Classical era of ancient Greece and is reported by Xenophon in Memorabilia 2.1.21–34. In Xenophon's text, Socrates tells how the young Heracles, as the hero contemplates his future, is visited by two allegorical figures, female personifications of Vice and Virtue (Ancient Greek: Κακία and Ἀρετή; Kakía and Areté).
Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (/ ˌ v ɛr ə ˈ n eɪ z eɪ,-z i / VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -zee, US also /-eɪ s i /-see; Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze,-eːse]), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573).
Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation; Allegory of Justice; The Allegory of Love (Veronese) Allegory of Music; Allegory of Patience (Vasari) Allegory of Prudence; Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto; Allegory of the Element Earth; An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments; An Allegory of Truth and Time; Allegory of Vice (Correggio) Allegory of ...