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ID: 901001574
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001574
Record Type: Character/Person

Fire (allegorical character)

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

Names:
Fire (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)
................Fire (allegorical character) (P)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Summer
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Four Seasons (allegorical characters), Summer (allegorical character)) [901001576]

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 .... fire (physical concept)
.....(physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Fire (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lotz_Allegory_of_Fire_1870s.jpg

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