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ID: 901000223
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000223
Record Type: Character/Person

Vices (allegorical characters)

Note: Character or characters representing vice or the separate vices, represented by attributes or placement in a situation. The vices vary by culture. In traditional western or Christian culture, as outlined by Dante, they include pride or vanity, envy or jealousy, wrath or anger, sloth or laziness, avarice, gluttony, and lust; others could include blasphemy, indifference, and hatred.

Names:
Vices (allegorical characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Vice (allegorical character) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Vices (allegorical characters) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Virtues
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Virtues (allegorical characters)) [901000224]

Other Relationships:
is personification of .... vices (culture-related concepts)
.....(culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, 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:
Vices (allegorical characters)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Vice (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_Virtue_and_Vice_(Lotto)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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