Talk:Allegorical sculpture

All symbolic sculpture would be "allegorical" in this present sense, including the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Wikipedia has articles symbol, emblem and allegory that are intended to disentangle the interrelated meanings. --Wetman 22:57, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Can't anybody put in something outside Greco-Roman tradition (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Hindu,)...? Carrionluggage 02:49, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I've moved this section

"*In the The Four Captives, also known as The Four Defeated Nations, four larger-than-life bronze figures, symbolize the four nations defeated at the time of the Treaty of Nijmegen. Each represents one of the ages of man and a different attitude to captivity. The countries represented are Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Brandenburg and Holland."

over here because I can't really place it. There was a monument to Henri IV, from something like 1635, that had captive Spain, Holy Roman Empire, Turkey and Holland on it, but it seems to have nothing to do with the Treaty of Nijmegen. So I figure let's leave it here until such time as we know more about it. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:10, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

There is a discussion

taking place at the Category:Allegorical sculptures in the United States talk page about whether (for example) statues of famous men that include allegorical figures as supporting members of the cast, as it were, should be included in the category or not. We really would like to hear from you. Carptrash (talk) 02:47, 11 December 2016 (UTC)