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ID: 901000795
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000795
Record Type: Character/Person

Music (allegorical character)

Note: One or more characters representing music, identified by attributes, such as sheet music or instruments, or by position in a situation.

Names:
Music (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Music (allegorical character) (I)
Other Relationships:
is personification of .... music (performing arts genre)
.....(genres for performing arts, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Music (allegorical character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436836
................ Source for image http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_381654/Carle-van-Loo/Allegory-Of-Music
................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)

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