Comment regarder les symboles et les allégories. Histoire This enormous project was one

This enormous project was one that he was unable to complete

the furnishings of the time

or simply expressions of our everyday language

This was evoked in the exhibition by statues of seated figures

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Comment regarder les symboles et les allégories. Histoire This enormous project was oneWhat do works of art say and what do they represent? Is it possible that, beneath what we see, the artist has hidden a hidden message? From the vast repertoire of symbols of the past, painters have drawn images and codes of representation, the key to understanding which is often lost. These codes are an integral part of the structure of the work, and the viewer, if he does not know them, is not able to recognize what the images tell or the meaning