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ID: 901000712
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000712
Record Type: Character/Person

Four Elements (allegorical characters)

Note: Characters in western iconography, representing the elements earth, air, fire, and water.

Names:
Four Elements (allegorical characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Four Elements (allegorical characters) (I)
Other Relationships:
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:
Four Elements (allegorical characters)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Brueghel_the_Younger_and_Hendrick_van_Balen,_An_Allegory_of_the_Four_Elements.jpg

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