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Recent Examples of allegorical
The dancing bears therefore serve as an allegorical leitmotif in the book’s second half.
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Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
Or as seen in the work of the sixteenth-century painter Arcimboldo, who is best known for this kind of thing in the Western tradition, painting iconic allegorical portraits out of animals or foods of a certain theme, like the four seasons.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
The Act of Killing director uses an allegorical family to probe a different kind of psychological violence, one padded by the illusory comfort of money.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024
To finance his sprawling allegorical tale about urban greed, the director has poured $120 million harvested from his successful Napa Valley wine business into the film.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
Or as seen in the work of the sixteenth-century painter Arcimboldo, who is best known for this kind of thing in the Western tradition, painting iconic allegorical portraits out of animals or foods of a certain theme, like the four seasons.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
The Act of Killing director uses an allegorical family to probe a different kind of psychological violence, one padded by the illusory comfort of money.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024
To finance his sprawling allegorical tale about urban greed, the director has poured $120 million harvested from his successful Napa Valley wine business into the film.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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Related Articles Surrounding the entrance are eight statues representing Roman mythological gods and goddesses, towering over an ironwork gate with bronze ornaments.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 26 Oct. 2024
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Age-old paintings of satyrs bedding nymphs and mythological figures fornicating have been newly unearthed at a small house at Pompeii.Alex Greenberger for ARTNews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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These subtle symbolic and rhetorical shifts suggest that North Korea is dissatisfied with China.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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However, any change in Puerto Rico's status requires U.S. Congressional approval, making this vote largely symbolic for now.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Unable to enjoy the same freedom as past generations of kids (for example, playing on sidewalks or roaming freely in the countryside), these early 2000s kids were carving out freedom in virtual or imaginary spaces.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Trump’s coattails may be imaginary at this point, but the insiders on the ground in Michigan know this reality: at this point in 2016—two weeks before Election Day—Hillary Clinton was up 8 points on Trump; Clinton lost by one-third of 1 point when the votes were actually counted.Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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In this rosy way of thinking, Trump won’t ever stand for election again and has a legacy to consider — a fanciful notion that is plainly a triumph of hope over experience.Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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With a cartoon aesthetic only the early Space Age could deliver, the fanciful four-wheeler was not fully appreciated in its time.Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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Oz treats both literal and figurative families as either responsibilities to be resented or props to be arranged for his benefit; The Penguin ends with Oz, his goal finally in sight, re-creating those cycles of violence and outdoing his own brutality.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Over the next near-century, researchers attributed around 430 figurative geoglyphs to the Nazca people.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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Rising Arrests Amidst Tensions Woodland's situation is emblematic of a troubling trend: the increasing arrest of American citizens in Russia while relations between Moscow and Washington reach post-Cold War lows.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The line’s nihilism is emblematic of the Cure’s early albums, which often confront the specter of death with absurdism and existential angst.Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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