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ID: 901001025
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001025
Record Type: Character/Person

Fame (allegorical character)

Note: Figure or figures representing the condition of fame or renown, distinguished by attributes or by being placed in a situation representing fame.

Names:
Fame (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Fama (allegorical character) (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Fame (allegorical character) (I)
Other Relationships:
is personification of .... fame
.....(sociological concepts, social science 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:
Fame (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Fama (allegorical character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_331926/(after)-Pompeo-Gerolamo-Batoni/An-allegory-of-fame
................ Courtauld's Art and Architecture online (1999-) http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/9a0aa3e3.html

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