6/10/25

Allegory of the Continents - Link Update

New Link Notice:

An important message for our community that are aware or not aware of the recent copyright situation regarding the pdf released on our blog titled: Allegory of the Continents Volume 1 through 8 on our Archives.org  account and on YouTube channel, Etc. We were respectively contacted by the owner of these images and asked to remove any pieces of work pertaining to the PDF Allegory of the Continents from our media channels.  

Within our constructive conversation, they have given our group permission to link directly to their site to where these vary images are hosted. Their database will be accessible free of charge, without any need to create an account for many years to come.(https://erdteilallegorien.univie.ac.at/erdteilallegorien) Which includes all images that were added into the PDF Allegory of the Continents. You are free to use this particular site within a public educational setting, as long as no images are downloaded and alter or distributed back online in anyway they weren’t intended. 

If you already had access to the PDF, please do not re-upload this specific PDF titled: Allegory of the Continents . Only share or teach with this specific PDF within a private setting, please do not re-upload it online. If you want to teach about these images in a public settings, please use the official links (https://erdteilallegorien.univie.ac.at/erdteilallegorien) provided us for your future presentations, whether it be for students, family, friends or others alike. 

Many will notice the site is in Germanic, but we have also been giving permission to use one of the many web browser translation functions, or apps like (https://translate.yandex.com/en/translate) to translate a specific image descriptions while teaching about these images in a public setting through the official website. Be aware that some of the translations for the titles might not translate properly, but enough for you to understand the descriptions on the site. 

During the time we have had the PDF up, we have gotten many requests for a printed copy , which we weren’t able to provide at the time due to we didn’t own the rights to these images and only shared them for educational purposes, But they have also made us aware that, If you would like to purchase an official hardcover copy of their key English publication, which includes their research and photographs of these paintings and statues. 

See https://www.amazon.ca/Language-Continent-Allegories-Baroque-Central/dp/3515114572  

For complete details about this book, see preface here: https://media.dav-medien.de/sample/9783515114578_p.pdf 

Consider purchasing this book as your appreciation for their hard work in bringing you these images, that would have never been seen If they didn’t take the time out of their days, to go out to each individual location across Germany to capture them. As I was told, these images will be hosted online for many years to come. So please make the new links provided the central hub when teaching about these specific photographs of these Allegory paintings and statues, keeping the original works attached to the original owners.

Thanks Much love and respect. More information will be posted as it comes.