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Personification

Personification is the representation of any thing, being, or abstraction as a person or with person-like qualities. In the arts and as a literary device, personification is common for: places, especially cities, countries, and continents; elements of the natural world, such as trees, the seasons, the traditional "four elements", the four cardinal winds…

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Personification

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to References · 67
Personification → ABC-CLIO, Abrams, Albrecht Dürer, America, American Antiquarian Society, Amy, Andrew, Art, Bart, Bartrum, Bolgar, BRILL, British Museum Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UP, Classical Athenian Art, Classical Influences, David, Eds Guntram, Embodying Meaning
related to Visual arts · 32
Personification → Allegory, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegory, Amiens Cathedral, Avarice, Bad Government, Bad Government Tyranny, Beside, Black Death, Chartres Cathedral, Counter-Reformation, Cruelty, Death, Deceit, Division, Ecclesia, Fraud, Fury, Giotto, Good, However
related to Further reading · 30
Personification → Aldershot/Hampshire, Ancient Greece, Arts, BRILL, Byzantium, Divine, Embodying Meaning, Emma Stafford, Emotion, From Antiquity, Greek, Iconography, ISBN, Jennifer O'Reilly, Judith Herrin, London, Middle Ages, New York/London, Ramakers, Shawn
related to Innovation · 29
Personification → Albert Memorial, Alexander Hamilton, Americas, Ariel, AT, Australia, Broadcasting House, Communication, Custom House, Dame Imprimerie, Electricity, Eric Gill, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, France Crowning Art, Genius, Industry, Lady Printing Press, London, Lyon, New York
related to Literature · 26
Personification → According, Andrew Escobedo, Boethius, Both, Christians, Fortuna, Fortune, Four Daughters, God, He, Justice, Lady Philosophy, Late, Mercy, Middle Ages, Peace, Philosophy, Plato's Republic, Prudentius, Psychomachia
related to National personifications · 23
Personification → British, British Liberty, English, Gibside, Glorious Revolution, Goddess, Italy, Julius Caesar, Libertas, Liberty, Liberty Enlightening, Roman, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Rule Britannia, Scottish James Thomson, She, Statue, The, Thomson
related to Theory · 21
Personification → Around, At, BC, Cesare Ripa, De, Demetrius, Erasmus, From, Homer, Iconologia, Institutio Oratoria, Karel, Mander, Petrus Mosellanus, Phalerum, Quintilian's, Renaissance, Schilder-boeck, Tabulae, The
related to Classical world · 13
Personification → Athens, Bharat Mata, Boule, Buddhism, Christianisation, Demos, For, Graeco-Roman, Hindu, Hinduism, In, Indian, These
is a · 2
Personification → kind of frozen or hollow version of literal characters, representation of any thing
see also · 1
Personification → AnthropomorphismAllegorical

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personifications many virtues figures century classical literature often medieval allegory deities new roman world art renaissance four female common major

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Personificationis arepresentation of any thing0.90text
Personificationis akind of frozen or hollow version of literal characters0.90text
Britannia that were often revived in the Renaissance or later.Lucianinstance ofcreating images0.80text
porcelain figuresinstance ofprints or media0.80text
Karel van Mander in his Schilder-boeckinstance ofwho were copied by other writers throughout the 16th century.From the late 16th century theoretical writers0.80text
Personificationrelated to Classical worldGraeco-Roman0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldChristianisation0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldIn0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldHinduism0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldBuddhism0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldFor0.60section
Personificationrelated to Classical worldBharat Mata0.60section

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