Homage

For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony

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Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. In this sense, a reference within a creative work to someone who greatly influenced the artist would be an homage. It is typically used to denote a reference in a work of art or literature to another, at least somewhat widely known, work of art; see

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In-joke for a somewhat similar meaning.

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The original meaning of homage was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture). It was a symbolic acknowledgment to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man (homme). More generally, it included any formal profession of reverence to a sovereign.

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Feudal: REDIRECT Feudalism...

Vassal: A vassal or liege, in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudalism of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a lord, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fief. I...

Lord: A lord is a male who has power and authority. It can have different meanings depending on the context of use....

Homage related Images and Photos (experimental)

Homage	Homage to Minerva	Homage to Pasteure	Homage to Durer C.1628
Homage to Clovis II	Homage to Dali - Budding Woman	The Homage of the Prussians	Homage to the Dalai Lama 2012 Wall Calendar
Homage to the Dalai Lama 2011 Wall Calendar	Natives Pay Homage to Their Ruler	Homage to Rodin's Eternelle Idole - Variation Wheat	Study for Homage to the Square c.1964