#10: Religious Symbolism in Art

Symbolism - A form, image or subject representing a meaning other than the one with which it is usually associated.

If you saw a painting that showed an ermine and a swan fighting a snake, in a triangle shape, what might this mean? What if you added a red background?

If I saw an ermine and a swan fighting a snake in a triangle shape, this would symbolize the overtaking of someones purity, fidelity, royalty, and fertility with the falling of or corruption of man himself in the shape of the holy trinity. If it were on a red background this would also symbolize the overtaking of someones high status.