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ID: 901002099
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002099
Record Type: Character/Person

Dove of Peace (allegorical character)

Note: Figure of a dove, often carrying an olive branch, representing a simile from the Gospels combined with the olive branch, which represented peace by the Greeks and Romans. The dove and olive branch also appeared in Christian images of Noah's ark.

Names:
Dove of Peace (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Peace (allegorical character) (I)
................Dove of Peace (allegorical character) (G)
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)
takes the form of .... dove (Columbidae)
.....(Columbidae (family), Columbiformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... olive genus (genus)
.....(Burseraceae (family), Sapindales (order), Rosanae (superorder), Magnoliopsida (class), Angiospermae (division), Plantae (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... peace
.....(culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Dove of Peace (allegorical character)
................Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online (2002-)
................ Art Institute of Chicago (2018-)

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