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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Two men in the waters from Ship of Fools
By the side of The Ship of Fools there are two swimmers, reminiscent of those depicted in the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua as well as in numerous 15th-century miniatures and prints. Men standing in water are frequently found in illustrations of the phlegmatic temperament… (p.62)
The Lunar Symbolism of The Ship of Fools by Hieronymus Bosch
Keywords
Category
Human being and life
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 description | Informativeness | Notions,Concepts | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
Lippmann, 1895
Symbolic Content

