The Hidden Symbolic Meaning of Spiders in Western painting
The iconographical interpretation of Arachnids in Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance Painting
Byzantine, Gothic and Early Renaissance paintings are rich in philosophical and Christian symbolism regarding Spiders.
Spider - associated with betrayal, ill begotten schemes, and death.
Spider in a Web - symbolizes a spinner of fate, intrigue in the court.
Spiders in the Bible
"His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web. " -- Job 8:14
"They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake." -- Isaiah 59:5
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