Art, Symbol & Imagination
Time Releases Truth from the Cave
A winged figure assists a nude woman at a dark opening framed by curling ornament. The movement from the cave into the open gives the emblem a clear visual direction. Bayley identifies the figures as Time and Truth and discusses the image as an allegory of revelation.
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Illustrator not identified. "Time Releases Truth from the Cave" [editorial title]. In The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I, Harold Bayley. London: Williams and Norgate, 1912; Volume I; Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi copy., 1912, Williams and Norgate. Source scan leaf 197. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0197
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Illustrator not identified. Time Releases Truth from the Cave. The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I. Scan leaf 197. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0197