Widely known for the pendant egg detail, Piero della Francesca’s Brera Altarpiece should be explained for what it represents: a hanging spawn.
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Pietro Perugino and the Moon, Lady of the Rod
In this Perugino’s fresco, a rod is accompanied by white doves, a serpent, and a carriage. But, moreover, it is held by its very synonym: Moon-Diana.
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In the cemetery of Priscilla, in a subterranean early Christian Rome, the symbolic hermetic rod may take its origin from a fresco representing Moses.
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Is Hans Holbein’s Dead Christ in the Grave hopelessly without Life, or the real symbol of resurrection? An alchemical point of view on this enigmatic work.
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One wheel is not enough for our works, but two overwhelm comprehension. Fulcanelli’s words can make us lose sleep on this Amiens cathedral quatrefoil.
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