By iconography rather than technique, the work alludes to science fiction as much as Surrealism and to a genre native to print.

Shirk's work, already alluded to, focused on the ways high school students in the 1960s pursued their own objectives within a highly politicised social setting.

More than one work he has created for his own ballet company, which he has recast in different guises since 1969, alludes to the ideas of other choreographers.

Deacon's work is abstract, but often alludes to anatomical functions.

This work alluded to an early Bavarian claim to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

Her work alludes to contemporary social themes involving consumerism and excess, yet these works in themselves are often bright and colorful, with quirky and arresting design.

The work may allude to Leocadia, his young maid and companion in his final years.

His work alludes to issues of memory and beauty, layering and juxtaposing information based on his own experiences, Pop-Culture and extensive travels.

Her work alludes to expansion and transformation of cultural identity, yet continues the use of her theme of understanding the past, in order to understand the present.

James Kugel discusses how the work twice alludes to Psalm 137 and how the modifications may be considered "an early form of biblical interpretation."