Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Allegory of Earth
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures. Tall wings and drapery rise behind the central pair. Spare’s accompanying text names the dark figure as Life’s Knowledge and describes the Agnostic Priest Sikah within the allegory.
Read the source pageLoading your collection…
Citation
Austin Osman Spare. "The Allegory of Earth" [editorial title]. In Earth Inferno, Austin Osman Spare. Undated supplied digital facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-the-allegory
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
From Spare’s sequence of drawings and allegorical verse first published in 1905. The complete reproduced page, including its frame, caption and ornamental details, is retained.
Sources
From the book
Earth InfernoAustin Osman SpareUndated editionMore from this book
All 9 illustrations
Related illustrations
Explore in the Codex
Entries that reference this illustration.
Cite this illustration
Austin Osman Spare. The Allegory of Earth. Earth Inferno. Scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-the-allegory