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**Of Bookish Things** @JPK_elmediat@c.im · 3d *

Of Bookish Things @JPK_elmediat@c.im

Book Challenge DAY 7: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#Philosophy #Theodicy #Predestination #FreeWill #NeoPlatonism #Allegory
#TheConsolationOfPhilosophy #Boethius #Richard Green_Translator
#Ostrogoths #KingTheodoricTheGreat
#WesternRomanEmpire #PrisonLiterature #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks

A stylized symbolic representation of a figure in blue with raised up. This figure is echoed in a larger figure in green, representing a higher reality.

**Karen Strickholm** @KarenStrickholm@mastodon.online · 6d

Karen Strickholm @KarenStrickholm@mastodon.online

Beautiful #dream last night. I was lost, floating in a calm ocean, no land in sight. A dolphin - one of my spirit animals - came to save me.

It floated underneath, nudging me onto my stomach, pointing me to the right, hovering its fin beneath my hands. I wrapped my hands around the fin - slippery, hard to hold.

That is all. It felt like I was eventually rescued. I woke up, told myself: "Remember this, it's important." Interpretations welcome!

#Psychology
#Metaphor
#Allegory
#Symbols

Artwork of woman in open waters with choppy waves, surrounded by a dolphin pod saving her

Dolphins in water, viewed from below, a white light shining above them

Artwork of woman riding dolphin, a nebula or the Milky Way in the sky behind her

Artwork of woman with her palms together and up, above is a leaping dolphin, mid-air, a full moon in the background and more leaping dolphins in the distance

**Jonathan Emmesedi** @jemmesedi@c.im · Apr 5 *

Apr 5 *

Jonathan Emmesedi @jemmesedi@c.im

Giambattista Tiepolo
An Allegory with Venus and Time
1754-58
Oil on canvas, 292 x 190 cm
National Gallery, London

One of my favourite pictures from London's National Gallery. I confess I often hold this picture in my mind's eye as a form of escapism -- an escape from strip malls, bloated SUVs, megachurches with fundamentalist PowerPoints punctuated by bad rock and extempore prayer, cargo pants,
presidential make up, the Hobby Lobby...

The image depicts a late baroque painting with an oval frame, featuringVenus seated on a cloud, draped in a white and pink cloth. She has long, flowing hair and is surrounded by various mythological figures. To her left, a winged male figure , perhps representing Time, holds a baby, while a cherub with wings and a bow is positioned below them. In the background, two white doves fly, and other figures, including cherubs, are present, some holding flowers. The scene is set against a soft, pastel-colored sky with clouds, creating a heavenly atmosphere.

Provided by @altbot, edited by @jemmesedi

#Tiepolo #GiambattistaTiepolo #NtationalGallery

**Benjamin Joel Wilkinson** @AbomProd@mastodon.social · Mar 29

Mar 29

Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @AbomProd@mastodon.social

"Quetzalcoatl Fighting The Pope" - You'd have to know a little about the role of Catholicism in the #colonization of the Americas to "get" this one; and there's no room to explain that here. But hey, check out the Pope's epic tats! Watercolors and ink, 2004.

Watercolor and ink painting of a stylized, heavily tattooed Pope fighting an equally stylized feathered serpent in an arena.

#art #painting #mastoart

**ArtBible** @artbible@mas.to · Mar 29

Mar 29

ArtBible @artbible@mas.to

Today's pick: The Allegory of Faith (c. 1670-1672) - Johannes Vermeer. #art #Vermeer #Allegory

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/743.html

**Jim Donegan** @jimdonegan@mastodon.scot · Mar 11

Mar 11

Jim Donegan @jimdonegan@mastodon.scot

'Sequestra # 2' by LAGRANGE POINT 6 featuring a small section of Charlie Chaplin's famous speech from 'The Great Dictator'

https://soundcloud.com/anniesland-occasional/sequestra-2?in=anniesland-occasional/sets/lagrange-point-6-extra-tracks

SoundCloudSequestra #2These are a few tracks from my 'Lagrange Point 6' project that are 'extra' or not being released in the usual manner for whatever reason.

#ElectronicMusic #Allegory #War

**Jim Donegan** @jimdonegan@mastodon.scot · Mar 11

Mar 11

Jim Donegan @jimdonegan@mastodon.scot

'Sequestra # 1' by LAGRANGE POINT 6 featuring a small section of Charlie Chaplin's famous speech from 'The Great Dictator'

https://soundcloud.com/anniesland-occasional/sequestra-1?in=anniesland-occasional/sets/lagrange-point-6-extra-tracks

SoundCloudSequestra #1These are a few tracks from my 'Lagrange Point 6' project that are 'extra' or not being released in the usual manner for whatever reason.

#ElectronicMusic #Allegory #War

**Sonia Hivert** @SoniaHivert@piaille.fr · Mar 7 *

Mar 7 *

Sonia Hivert @SoniaHivert@piaille.fr

Huile sur toile / Oil painting on canva : 60x70cm / 2025
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#art #painting #womanartist

**CordeliaAppleb1** @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io · Feb 27 *

Feb 27 *

CordeliaAppleb1 @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io

Tree of heaven and hell with many worlds and mature among the leaves, and death and destruction below with people climbing up and down.

#watercolor #watercolours #watercolour

**Philo Sophies** @Philosophies@troet.cafe · Feb 16

Feb 16

Philo Sophies @Philosophies@troet.cafe

"The topicality of #Plato's #Allegory of the #Cave in relation to the #media #echo #chamber" by Peter Müller

Mr. Mueller's "Philosophical morsel from 08.04.2022" with a current reference of "Plato's Allegory of the Cave" fits from my point of view perfectly to a comment, where I also try Plato's Allegory of the Cave and to my essay "#Digital #Tribalism".

More on: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/05/20/platons-hoehlengleichnis/

"The topicality of #Plato's #Allegory of the #Cave in relation to the #media #echo #chamber" by Peter Müller

**Anthony Lavorgna** @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social · Feb 15 *

Feb 15 *

Anthony Lavorgna @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social

"Liberté Ou La Mort!"
16x20 Acrylic on Canvas
UV Reactive
Asking 675 + s/h (if needed)

Unsigned Prints/Shirts (not UV reactive)
https://anthillant.threadless.com/designs/liberte-out-la-mort

Artbyanthillant.bsky.social

$upport the Artist:
Venmo @ Anthillant

#Resist #CivilRights #PopArt

**Philo Sophies** @philosophies@planetearth.social · Feb 13

Feb 13

Philo Sophies @philosophies@planetearth.social

"The topicality of #Plato's #Allegory of the #Cave in relation to the #media #echo #chamber" by Peter Müller

More on: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/05/20/platons-hoehlengleichnis/

**Anthony Lavorgna** @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social · Feb 13

Feb 13

Anthony Lavorgna @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social

16x20 UV Acrylic work in progress.........

Feed an artist:
Venmo @Anthillant

Anthillant.threadless.com

Artbyanthillant.bsky.social

IG: instagram.com/Artbyanthillant

GIF

#resist #protest #beloud

**J. Newton** @JacobNewton@ecoevo.social · Feb 5

Feb 5

J. Newton @JacobNewton@ecoevo.social

Still 20 some years after first airing, #babylon5 scifi musings on the degradation of a nonutopian representative democracy to authoritarianism, nativism and fascism remain relevant if not prescient, even if the writing is almost wholly overoptimistic in the people and power players desire, ability and success at fighting it.

#sciencefiction #allegory #television

**Anthony Lavorgna** @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social · Feb 4

Feb 4

Anthony Lavorgna @artbyanthillant@mastodon.social

16x20 Work in Progress............

#Resist #WorkInProgress #DeathOfLiberty

**Fotoapparat** @Guyom_Guyom@pixelfed.social · Feb 1

Feb 1

Fotoapparat @Guyom_Guyom@pixelfed.social

Take one's turn - Centre Pompidou, Paris. 02.2025
Mobile - f1/75 1.50s 900 ISO 25mm
#mobilephotography #museum #modernart #abstractart #markrothko #portrait #photographer #model #allegory
Full story in alt text.

A woman in black facing Mark Rothko's artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red).

The first image of a series of three images in a row where we see two women taking turns to take a photo of a Mark Rothko artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red). A first woman in this image takes a photo while the other woman waits her turn.

The second image of a series of three in a row where we see two women taking turns to photograph a painting in a museum. The model in this image is seen after she has taken the place of another woman to perform the same action.

The third image of a series of three shots in a row where we see two women alternately taking a photo of a painting in a museum. This shot is the same as the final image, before it is framed and edited. With only the final image, we would know nothing about the fact that she took a photograph before she became the subject of that photograph, and that she was doing the same thing as someone before her. Even if she is doing the same, she may be seen as a better match as she is wearing all black.

**Fotoapparat** @Guyom_Guyom@pixelfed.social · Feb 1

Feb 1

Fotoapparat @Guyom_Guyom@pixelfed.social

Take one's turn, steal one's job. Centre Pompidou, Paris. 02.2025
Mobile - f1/75 1.50s 900 ISO 25mm
#mobilephotography #museum #modernart #abstractart #markrothko #portrait #photographer #model #allegory
Full story in alt text.

The last framed picture of a series of three shots in a row where we see two women to alternately take a photo of a Mark Rothko's artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red). The model in this picture is seen after having the place of another woman to perform the same action, while being at the same herself the subject of these photographs, telling about our relation with performative roles and position in relation with art. With only this first picture we know nothing about the fact that she was taking a photograph before being herself the subject of this photography.

The first picture of a series of three shots in a row where we see two women to alternately take a photo of a Mark Rothko's artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red). The model in this picture taking a photograph while the other one wait her turn.

The second picture of a series of three shots in a row where we see two women to alternately take a photo of a Mark Rothko's artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red).

The third picture of a series of three shots in a row where we see two women to alternately take a photo of a Mark Rothko's artwork in Paris, Centre Pompidou (black and red rectangles on bloody red). It happens to be the same shot as the final picture displayed in first, before being reframed and slightly edited. But now we know that she was acting as a photographer before being a subject of this photography, and that by doing so she was doing the same as someone before her.

**Waywords Studio** @WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social · Jan 19

Jan 19

Waywords Studio @WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃 -

While not as fully realized as some of his other works, this novella still packs some creative and absurd punches at the early Soviet Union (and the rest of us) by offering a dog the physical attributes of humans and then poses the political question of who we are.

https://buff.ly/3WiowPS

#bookreviews #books #bookworm

**The Fabulist Magazine** @fabulistmagazine@mastodon.social · Nov 29, 2024

Nov 29, 2024

The Fabulist Magazine @fabulistmagazine@mastodon.social

NEW STORY: Set in the Central African Republic, this savage satire uses the folkloric “rule of three” to tell a frankly brutal allegory of exploitation and innocence. HOW 'BOUT A COSTLY JOKE (FEATURING DIAMONDS), by Abhishek Sengupta @AbhishekSWrites

https://fabulistmagazine.com/how-bout-a-costly-joke-featuring-diamonds/

#blooddiamonds
#fable
#allegory
#magicrealism
#thefabulistflash