Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Classical Figures in a Garden

NARRATIVE b6r · p.25
Classical Figures in a Garden
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Group of figures in classical dress gathered in a garden or outdoor scene.

In the Narrative

Poliphilo encounters allegorical figures in an idealized setting. The garden setting mediates between natural and architectural space.

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