MENU: Allegory: nobles vs. capitalists
BY LINKING NOBLES TO PAGAN GODS, FIGURES OF THE HEBREW BIBLE OR ROMANS, ALLEGORY PROCLAIMS AN ESSENCE THAT UPSTARTS CANNOT MATCH
Diane de Poitiers, a member of the top nobility and royal favorite, showed her importance through nudity, the clothing of the gods.
(Toward 1550)
Diane de Poitiers as Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, anonymous / zoom
Biblical figures are clothed, but have the bodies and faces of gods.
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The Reconciliation of Jacob and Ésaü by Arnould De Vuez toward 1678, Baulme Fine Arts |
Royals identify with those personnages who are larger than life:
Philip of France in Costume of Antiquity by Jean Nocret, toward 1650 / zoom; Maurice Leloir in Le Roy-Soleil by T. Cahu, 1931
Using the gods for primacy and power
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