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ID: 901001571
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001571
Record Type: Character/Person

Earth (allegorical character)

Note: One or more characters representing the element of earth, as conceived by the ancient and early modern western worlds. Earth is associated with the season autumn.

Names:
Earth (allegorical character) (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)
................Earth (allegorical character) (P)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Autumn
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Four Seasons (allegorical characters), Autumn (allegorical character)) [901001577]

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)
is personification of .... earth (soil)
.....(soil by form or function, soil, combination inorganic/organic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... Earth
.....(Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:
Earth (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Element_Earth

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