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Represents perception, enlightenment, and omniscience. In art, it often conveys the idea of divine watchfulness or insight.

Symbolizes transformation, hope, and the soul. In art, it can suggest metamorphosis or fleeting beauty.

Represents courage, nobility, and royalty. In art, the lion is often used to indicate strength and leadership.

Symbolizes adventure, exploration, and the journey of life. It can also represent trade, colonization, or escapism.

Symbolizes cycles, change, and fortune. In art, it can denote the cyclic nature of time and life's fluctuations.

Represents life, purification, and change. In art, water can signify emotion, the unconscious, or journeys and is often associated with femininity.

Represents faith, sacrifice, and suffering. In Christian art, it is central to depictions of the Crucifixion and associated with redemption.

Represents rebirth, immortality, and renewal. This mythological bird is often used to signify overcoming adversity.

Symbolizes beauty, love, and the transitory nature of existence. In art, it often carries both romantic connotation and a reminder of the presence of thorns (pain).

Represents life, growth, and knowledge. Trees are significant in many cultures and arts, symbolizing stability, seasons, or family lineage.

Symbolizes the passage of time, mortality, and the relentless progression of existence.

Represents power, protection, and authority. In art, swords can suggest conflict, justice, or knighthood.

Symbolizes temptation, evil, and cunning. It can also represent rebirth or transformation through the shedding of its skin.

Represents connection, unity, or imprisonment. Chains can symbolize the link between people or ideas, or the restraint of freedom.

Represents life, energy, and vitality. In art, the sun can convey the passage of time, divine glory, or creative force.

Represents hope, steadiness, and safety. In a maritime context, it is often associated with a safe end to a long journey.

Represents love, passion, and charity. In art, it often symbolizes the emotional core of human nature.

Symbolizes self-awareness, truth, and vanity. It can reflect the inner self or be used as a tool of deception.

Symbolizes knowledge, learning, and wisdom. In art, books may represent education, religion, or the unfolding of a narrative.

Symbolizes justice, balance, and fairness. In art, they often accompany depictions of judicial figures or represent moral dilemmas.

Symbolizes knowledge, immortality, temptation, and sin. Commonly found in religious paintings, particularly those depicting Adam and Eve.

Represents mortality and the transient nature of life. Used in memento mori and vanitas paintings to remind viewers of death.

Represents peace, the Holy Spirit, and purity. Widely used as a symbol in Christian art.