Allegorical sculpture refers to sculptures that symbolize and personify abstract ideas. The most commonly seen examples are statues of "Justice", traditionally holding scales and wearing a blindfold to represent her impartiality. This approach of using human form and its posture, gesture and clothing to wordlessly convey social values developed under the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, is usually associated with Victorian art, and is most commonly found in works from around 1900. The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... cole des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ...
Allegoricalsculpture refers to sculptures that symbolize and personify abstract ideas.
In Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York, for instance, had an extensive scheme of allegoricalsculpture programmed by Karl Bitter.
The allegorical group on top of Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, carved by the French sculptor Jules Felix Couton in 1912, represents the Roman gods Hercules (strength), Mercury (speed), and Minerva (wisdom), and collectively represents "Transportation."
Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric, but an allegory does not have to be expressed in language: it may be addressed to the eye, and is often found in realistic painting, sculpture or some other form of mimetic, or representative art.
The etymological meaning of the word is broader than the common use of the word.
If, then, the Greeks or others say that they were not committed to the care of Peter and his successors, they necessarily confess that they are not of the sheep of Christ" (complete text).
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