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- C. Fabricius refuses the gifts of Pyrrhus
- C. Furius Cressinus, accused of witchcraft before a tribunal by neighbours who were jealous of his success in cultivating his land, appeals to his wife, his daughter, his agricultural tools and his oxen
- C. Julius Caesar defeats and drives out Ariovistus, a German chieftain
- Cabalism, 'Kabbalah' ~ Jewish spiritual current
- cabalistic ritual of inviting to the 'sukkah' the Seven Heavenly Guests (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, David)
- cabaret
- cabaret (locality)
- cabaret (locality) - AA - open-air performances
- cabaret-artiste
- cabaret-artiste (non-work situations)
- cabinet of curiosities, 'Kunst- und Wunderkammer'
- Cabiri
- Cacus steals some of the cattle of Geryon which Hercules was driving home
- Cacus, the fire-breathing monster is killed in his cave by Hercules
- Cadmus and Harmonia
- Cadmus and Harmonia changed into snakes: when loaded with grief and the infirmity of old age, Cadmus and Harmonia are changed into snakes (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 576)
- Cadmus meets the cow which leads him into Boeotia
- Cadmus slays the dragon
- Cadmus' companions, sent to fetch water, are slain by the dragon which guarded the spring
- Cadmus, in search of his sister Europa, consults the oracle of Apollo at Delphi
- caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
- Caeneus changed into a bird: when Caeneus, originally a girl (Caenis), is killed in the battle of the Lapiths and centaurs, he is changed into a bird (Ovid, Metamorphoses XII 522)
- Caenis changed to Caeneus: when Neptune has ravished Caenis, he changes her at her request into the invulnerable hero Caeneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses XII 201)
- Caesar at the tomb of Alexander the Great (alternatively before a memorial statue of Alexander)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon exclaiming: 'Alea jacta est'
- Caesar in strife with Pompey
- Caesar's ghost appears to Marcus Junius Brutus
- Caesarian section (difficult and unusual birth)
- Caiaphas and the priests conspiring against Christ (Matthew 26:3-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:2; John 11:47-53)
- Caiaphas prophesying the passion of Christ
- Caiaphas tearing his clothes ~ trial of Christ
- Cain (alone) at work, farming
- Cain and Abel learn to assist their father; Cain by farming, Abel by herding
- Cain and his family
- Cain building the city of Enoch
- Cain buries Abel
- Cain offering (alone)
- Cain repentant
- cake, tart, pastry
- Calais
- Calais and Zetes chase away the Harpies that plagued Phineus
- Calais and Zetes free Phineus' two sons from prison
- Calais and Zetes, the Boreadae
- Calamity, Distress; 'Calamità', 'Calamità o miseria' (Ripa)
- calculating-instruments
- calculating-instruments (with NAME)
- Caleb and his men conquer the city of Hebron
- Caleb urges the people to conquer Canaan
- calendar festivals, non-liturgical celebrations of days belonging to the ecclesiastical calendar
- calendar of ecclesiastical feasts
- calendar, almanac
- calendar-dates ~ children's games and plays
- calendar-dates ~ children's games and plays (with DATE)
- calf
- calligraphy
- calling names, hooting ~ children's mischief
- calling of James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Matthew 4:21-22; Mark 1:19-20; Luke 5:10-11)
- calling of Matthew (Levi), the tax-collector (usually with money lying on the table and people paying taxes) (Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27-28)
- calling of other apostles
- calling of Peter and Andrew (John 1:40-42)
- calling of Peter and Andrew; they are called away from their fishing-boat (Matthew 4:18-20; Mark 1:16-18)
- calling of Philip and Nathanael (Bartholomew) (John 1:43-51)
- calling of the apostles
- calling of Zacchaeus, who is sitting in a fig-tree (Christ passing through Jericho)
- Calling, Vocation, Mission
- Calliope (one of the Muses); 'Calliope' (Ripa)
- Callirrhoe's sons age unnaturally: Callirrhoe's sons leap from infancy to manhood, a favour of Jupiter to enable them to revenge themselves on their father Alcmaeon's murderers, Phegeus and his sons (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 432)
- Callisto as a bear wanders about miserably
- Callisto changed into a bear: Juno changes Callisto, who is attending the young Arcas (her son by Jupiter), into a bear
- Callisto changed into a constellation: Jupiter changes Callisto into a constellation, when, transformed into a bear she is about to be shot by Arcas (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 506)
- Callisto is hunted by her son Arcas
- Callisto with her child (Arcas), beheld by the jealous Juno
- Calmness, Equanimity, Imperturbability
- Calumny of Apelles: bad judge with ass's ears on throne, with Deceit, Envy, Ignorance, Suspicion and Treachery, confronted with innocent accused; Remorse and Truth present
- Calumny, Detraction; 'Biasimo vitioso', 'Calunnia', 'Detrattione', 'Maledicenza' (Ripa)
- Cambyses kicks his wife, who is pregnant
- Cambyses shoots Prexaspes' son with an arrow
- Cambyses summons the priests of Egypt to show him their god Apis; when a cow is presented, Cambyses takes offence, and kills it
- Camenae (Roman fountain-deities)
- camera ~ photography
- Camilla is brought up by her father in the woods and is fed upon milk of mares
- Camilla is dedicated to the service of Diana and inured to hunting
- camouflage
- camp at Gilgal after the crossing of the river Jordan (Joshua 4:19 - 5:15)
- camp followers
- camp-fire; watch-fire
- campaign ~ Troy: Hercules' expedition against Laomedon, who had refused to reward him for the liberation of Hesione
- campaigns of Theseus
- Canace in love with her brother Macareus
- canal
- canal - HH - ideal landscapes
- canals, waters (in city)
- canals, waters (in city) - II - ideal city
- canals, waters (in village)
- canals, waters (in village) - II - ideal landscapes
- Cancer (zodiacal sign of June)
- candle
- Candlemas (2nd February)
- candlestick
- candlesticks and candles, e.g. Easter-candlestick
- Canens and Picus as lovers
- Canens changed into air and water: while grieving for the loss of Picus, her husband, Canens is changed into air and water (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 431)
- Canens in search of Picus, who on account of his spurning Circe had been changed into a woodpecker
- cannibalism
- cannibalism ~ non-Christian religions
- cannon salvos at royal birth, marriage, etc.
- cannon salvos at royal birth, marriage, etc. - BB - female ruler
- cannon shots (military salute)
- canoeing
- Canon Law, ethics, and theological sciences
- Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa)
- canon, proportions
- canon, proportions - AA - female human figure
- canonical hours
- canopy (over entrance)
- canopy, baldachin
- canteen ~ the soldier off duty
- canticles, lamentations and consolations of Isaiah
- cantilever bridge
- cape (coast)
- cape (coast) - HH - ideal landscapes
- capital (~ column, pillar)
- capitulation
- Capricorn (zodiacal sign of December)
- capture (after revolution) of the old government
- capture of city (after the siege)
- car wash, car wash machine
- Caracalla has his own brother Geta murdered
- caravan (trailer)
- caravan (trailer) - AA - civic architecture: inside
- caravan-camp
- caravan-camp - AA - civic architecture: inside
- card and dice games played at 'Hanukkah'
- card games
- card-sharp
- cardinal
- carding, combing ~ textile industry
- care and laundering of clothes; home sewing
- care and visitation of burial place
- care of clothes, e.g.: brushing, beating, airing
- care of hands and feet
- care of hands and feet - AA - female human figure
- care of outbuildings and grounds
- care of the aged
- care of the body, hygiene
- care of the body, hygiene - AA - female human figure
- care of the hair
- care of the hair - AA - ~ women
- care of the new-born Christ-child, e.g. swaddling
- care ~ prisoner of war
- Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa)
- Carelessness
- caretakers ~ zoological garden
- caricature of a building
- caricature of a piece of sculpture
- caricature of painting
- caricatures (human types)
- carillon, chimes
- carillon, chimes - CC - out of doors
- caring for birds
- Carlo
- Carna (Cardea, Crane): she bids Janus to go before her into a cave, intending to run away from him once his back is turned; but the scheme fails with the two-faced god
- Carnival, Shrovetide (non-liturgical celebration)
- carousal, drinking-bout, orgy
- carousal, drinking-bout, orgy - CC - out of doors
- carpenter
- carpet, rug
- carpus and metacarpus, parts of the hand
- carpus and metacarpus, parts of the hand - AA - female human figure
- carrier-tricycle
- carrousel
- carrying a child on the back
- carrying a child on the head (in a cradle or basket)
- carrying a child on the hip, astride
- carrying a person
- carrying a person on one's back
- carrying games
- carrying of the cross: Christ bearing the cross, alone or with the help of others (e.g. Simon the Cyrenian)
- carrying off the spoils of war
- carrying something
- carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc.
- carrying something on the head or on the shoulders
- carrying something with barrow
- carrying something with carrying-pole
- carrying something with yoke
- carrying the sick, wounded and dead off the battle-field
- cartilaginous fishes
- cartilaginous fishes (with NAME)
- cartilaginous fishes (with NAME) - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
- cartilaginous fishes: dogfish
- cartilaginous fishes: dogfish - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
- cartilaginous fishes: ray
- cartilaginous fishes: ray - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
- cartilaginous fishes: sawfish
- cartilaginous fishes: sawfish - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
- cartilaginous fishes: shark
- cartilaginous fishes: shark - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
- carving heart and initials in an object, e.g. a tree trunk
- carving ~ applied arts
- caryatids ~ architecture
- casino
- Cassandra prophesying
- Cassandra, sheltering in Minerva's temple (sometimes with Andromache), is dragged away by Ajax the Lesser, while she holds the image of the goddess
- cast into the sea, St. Cosmas and Damian are miraculously saved by angels
- Castalia, the fountain of Mount Parnassus
- castigation, flagellation ~ ascetic life
- casting (industrial process)
- casting a horoscope
- casting weapons
- casting weapons (with NAME)
- casting weapons: ballista
- casting weapons: sling
- casting weapons: spear
- casting-counter, jetton, money of account
- castle
- castle - AA - civic architecture: inside
- castle of Love
- castrated person
- castration
- casuistry
- cat
- cat (with NAME of kind)
- cat and mouse
- catacombs
- catafalque, 'castrum doloris' (~ public funeral)
- catafalque, 'castrum doloris' (~ public funeral) - AA - festivities on the water
- cataract
- cataract - AA - female human figure
- catasterism, honouring a person by including him among the stars
- catch (~ running game)
- catching animals
- catechism
- Catholicity ~ characteristic of the True Church
- cattle
- cattle driving, cattle driver
- cattle-breeding, livestock industry
- caul birth
- Causation
- Causation (opposing concepts)
- Cause
- causes of death
- cave of winds
- cave, grotto
- cave, grotto - HH - ideal landscapes
- cave-dwelling
- cave-dwelling - AA - civic architecture: inside
- Cecrops: half man - half serpent, first king of Attica
- Cecrops: half man - half serpent, first king of Attica - aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships
- Cecrops: half man - half serpent, first king of Attica - apotheosis, deification
- Cecrops: half man - half serpent, first king of Attica - attributes
Vocabulary information
Title
Iconclass
Subject
Description
Iconclass is a classification system designed for art and iconography. It is the most widely accepted scientific tool for the description and retrieval of subjects represented in images (works of art, book illustrations, reproductions, photographs, etc.) and is used by museums and art institutions around the world.
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Contains information from Iconclass, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
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Last modified
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 06:35:26
Date issued
Friday, October 19, 2012 00:00:00
URI
http://iconclass.org/rdf/2011/09/
