ID: 901001573 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001573	Record Type: Character/Person

	Water (allegorical character)

Note: Character representing the element of water, one of the elements as conceived by the western ancient and early modern world.

Names:

	Water (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)
		................Water (allegorical character) (P)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Winter
	..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Four Seasons (allegorical characters), Winter (allegorical character)) [901001578]

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 .... water (inorganic material)
	.....(inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... bodies of water (natural)
	.....(natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Water (allegorical character)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_316551/(after)-Pieter-Lisaert-III/An-Allegory-of-Water