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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Boat with ten people onboard from Ship of Fools
In 1962, Hélène Adhémar [Adhémar, 1962, 29] concluded that the Louvre painting is not a Ship of Fools, since only one figure is dressed in fool’s costume; that not only do the singing and drinking figures make a satirical statement against monks, but also the work is a satire against drunkenness itself, of which monks were often accused. The monks lose control of their senses (she notes the redness of the faces), for drunkenness engenders folly; and like sparrows they eat cherries. (p.272)o
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Keywords
Interpretation Type
| InfoSensorium Facet(Sum, 2022) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | |||
| 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 description | Informativeness | Notions,Concepts | |
Reference Source(s)
AdheÃÅmar, 1962
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