Allegory of Virtue and Vice | Lorenzo Lotto | 1505 18th Century This moody nocturne depicts Glasgow’s

This moody nocturne depicts Glasgow’s waterfront under mist and fading light

filled with broad strokes of deep greens

the painting captures the classic beauty of this ancient architecture

or with the English language epithet of the Younger

Allegory of Virtue and Vice | Lorenzo Lotto | 1505 18th Century This moody nocturne depicts Glasgow’sAllegory of Virtue and Vice (c. 1505) by Lorenzo Lotto is a symbolic Renaissance painting illustrating the moral choices between good and evil. At its center, a tree splits into two halvesone lush and green, the other dead and barrensymbolizing the diverging paths of virtue and vice. On the left, a childlike figure crawls towards virtue, where light and serene hills beckon. On the right, a satyr representing vice indulges in music and wine amidst