Allusion
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Allusion
An indirect reference to something or someone presumed to be familiar to the viewer, in order to increase the effect of an image ...
Frequent allusions in classical writers indicate that the ancient statues of the Romans were mostly of terracotta, and Pliny notes that even in his day statuettes of clay were still preferred for temples.
But the last allusion is again the key to a different form or aspect of the symbolism. The sun is that of consciousness in the spirit - the direct as the antithesis of the reflected light.
[edit] Humour and Allusion
Camp is a critical analysis and at the same time a big joke.
[1] In the very early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe art, such as Cubist and Futurist art, that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way-keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject.
Poussin turns this incident into a tremendous oration on duty and continuity, overlaid with Christian allusions to the entombment of Jesus, whose life that of Germanicus overlapped.
Leonardo's plan envisaged a much broader treatment of the theme, as his own allusions to it indicate.
Minimalism rejects the need for social comment, self-expression, narrative, or any other allusion to history, politics, or religion. It is based on creating objects of interest and beauty.
Duquesnoy was much admired in France, where the sculptors of Louis XIV (the "Sun King"), such as François Girardon, continued his tradition of setting correct and charming allusions to the antique in a pictorial and spatial context that is wholly ...
This image is an allusion to the famous icon of Nicholas the Wet which miraculously appeared in the waters of the lake Ilmen and healed the ailing Prince Mstislav. Scholars believe that the round icon of St.
persecuted but these elements are at once present as ungainly brownish three dimensional forms that collect abstracted compositions of dark and light values, concealing or sometimes revealing ghosted photographic images and other allusions to victims ...
Other veiled allusions to both marriage and winter occur in The Feast of the Gods, which suggests—but does not prove— ...
Renaissance allegories make frequent allusions both to both Greek and Roman legends and literature, and also to the wealth of Christian allegorical stories and symbols developed during the Middle Ages.
The composition becomes increasingly complex. Anne (Mary's mother) holds the Virgin in her lap as Mary reaches for Jesus, who holds a young lamb (an allusion to his role as the redeemer of man, "the sacrificial lamb").
Meanwhile, eighteenth century Irish artists like George Barret Senior (1732-84) and James Barry (1741-1806) began to include new ideas (eg. from the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke) in their paintings using classical and mythological allusions.
 See also: Painting, Classic, Movement, Composition, Roman
  
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