allegorical
adjective
al·le·gor·i·cal
ˌa-lə-ˈgȯr-i-kəl 
-ˈgär-
1
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of allegory
allegorical paintings
allegorical meanings of images
allegorical symbols of our culture
2
: having hidden spiritual meaning that transcends the literal sense of a sacred text
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The Met show reunites one such pair: a Lorenzo Lotto allegorical scene housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and a portrait of a woman housed at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in France.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The limited series take on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Each gallery is awash in colors that seem inspired by the artist Aaron Douglas’s palette, particularly in his allegorical paintings about Black American life: mauve, light green, grays.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
With Monkey Man, Patel offers an allegorical story that combines the technical and heroic sensibilities of his favorite action figures (Bruce Lee, John Wick) with the mythologies rooted in his ethnic identity.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Bale, speaking in a bland, hollow voice that has the slightest hint of frat-boy joshing, delivers a piece of polished, satiric archness that goes well beyond the obvious allegorical gag (capitalism = murder) into ... what, exactly?
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
For Maimonides, however, language like these passages in Genesis was allegorical.
—Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Waldman’s Town Square seems almost too obviously allegorical.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
Inside, guests are transported back to the age of Bernhardt and Cézanne with red velvet banquettes, stained glass, frescoes, and bronze and copper ornaments in allegorical floral and feminine motifs.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2024
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The limited series take on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Each gallery is awash in colors that seem inspired by the artist Aaron Douglas’s palette, particularly in his allegorical paintings about Black American life: mauve, light green, grays.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
With Monkey Man, Patel offers an allegorical story that combines the technical and heroic sensibilities of his favorite action figures (Bruce Lee, John Wick) with the mythologies rooted in his ethnic identity.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Bale, speaking in a bland, hollow voice that has the slightest hint of frat-boy joshing, delivers a piece of polished, satiric archness that goes well beyond the obvious allegorical gag (capitalism = murder) into ... what, exactly?
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
For Maimonides, however, language like these passages in Genesis was allegorical.
—Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Waldman’s Town Square seems almost too obviously allegorical.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
Inside, guests are transported back to the age of Bernhardt and Cézanne with red velvet banquettes, stained glass, frescoes, and bronze and copper ornaments in allegorical floral and feminine motifs.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2024
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