This bronze detailing features an unusual combination of metaphorical images related to law and government, including dolphins, an erudite if somewhat obscure symbol of birth and democratic ideals.

As a metaphorical image, it is that of carrying all the disappointments, wrongs, and trauma of the past around with one in a heavy load.

"There are a lot of paradoxical and metaphorical images in religion and those should be embraced, not just ground down into stupid right-to-life slogans."

The metaphorical images ceased abruptly.

In support of this interpretation, it is pointed out that Paul's talk of perfection is illustrated with the metaphorical image of a child's growth unto manhood.

Prosa del Observatorio also resembles the flowing sequence of metaphorical images within a music composition.

In metaphorical images of Yoruba religious rituals by the Nigerian-born Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-89), the artist's nude body projects a sensual homoerotic charge.

The protagonists are a life-size troupe of transparent marionettes, whose bodies are projection surfaces for the changing historical and metaphorical images that compose their constantly fluctuating identities.

Their intention was to invoke a metaphorical image of slavery that defined themselves as kindly patriarchs.

The current exhibition at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, "Gardens Real and Imagined," shows 12 artists' metaphorical images for the garden.