Hidden Symbols in a 400-year-old Painting | TateShots
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Uncover the symbolism hidden in this 400-year-old artwork, painted by an unknown artist, on display at Tate Britain.
Like most religious paintings, 'An Allegory of Man’ is packed with hidden meanings.
Extremely few British paintings of religious subjects have survived from the 16th century. After the Reformation, Protestant unease about images meant it would have been highly controversial to display either religious paintings.
The inscription at the bottom, in English, warns against the evil of worldly vanity. Instead it urges prayer to ensure the safe passage of the soul to heaven. The resurrected Christ appears at the top. Below him, at the centre, is Man, shielded by Christian and moral virtues against attacks from all sides by the Seven Deadly Sins.
The opposition against iconography, or the use of images to depict religious figures, is known as ‘aniconism’.
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There was a whole sermon in that painting! Fantastic work!
I don't think directly reading the text on the painting counts as "hidden symbols"
so where are the hidden symbols? this is just a straight forward description of the painting and an exoteric description of the imagery.
Interesting indeed...
Very interesting.
Great topic, lovely animation!
Trust JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!
i had the shorten version of that on a fortune cookie
You missed a lot on that , being the 12 signs for the 12 angles I mean angels … I mean come on
cool...
Why all those chubby cherubs have monstrous faces hahaha
A good little video but there were no "hidden symbols" anywhere in the painting. They were pretty bloody obvious really. The words were on the arrows and the ribbon thingy. Artists eh? not as clever as they think. lol
Really interesting
Very interesting
Hell... we are in it and how u live and walk the path....will lead to your personal heaven.