Comment regarder les symboles et les allégories. Histoire Following this common thread

Following this common thread

the furnishings of the time

tell us about the appearance of the site and its monuments over the centuries

nonetheless occupy a special place in our collective imagination

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Comment regarder les symboles et les allégories. Histoire Following this common threadWhat 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