Looking for Aristotle.
Although Aristotle was often portrayed during the early modern period, his imagined appearance varied widely. When modern interpreters try to impose definitive meanings on pictures, they run the risk of overlooking symbolic resonances which can be just as significant as direct representation.
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Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, UK. pf10006@cam.ac.uk
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