| Today, though, that allegorical meaning is lost on us, and what we see rather is a dazzling display of artistic virtuosity. |
| In a book like this, one would expect to discover some allegorical message or a hidden cryptogram. |
| I just can't join the bandwagon of rabble-rousers determined to endow basic biological functions with allegorical status. |
| For instance, the figurehead was changed to an allegorical figure that evoked the ship's new name. |
| The first emblems in human history, Paradin argues, were preserved by heraldry and his own work recapitulates this allegorical genealogy. |
| Many of his paintings were large, with allegorical overtones, typically painted in a vigorous Expressionist style. |
