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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Man with knife on tree mast from Ship of Fools
…dressed in red and holding a knife in one hand, is scaling the main mast in order to cut down a trussed and plucked chicken: a symbol of Gluttony. (p. 191)
Jheronimus Bosch
Keywords
Category
Reasoning, judgement and intelligence,Morality and immorality
Interpretation Type
| InfoSensorium Facet(Sum, 2022) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| – | |||
| Layer of meaning(van Straten, 1994) | Conception of Information(Furner, 2004) | Level of knowledge(Nanetti, 2018) | View of reality(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018) |
| Iconographical interpretation | Relevance (Iconographical) | Interpretations,Narratives | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
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Symbolic Content

