Friday, June 1, 2012

Animals in art


Animals in art


Today, animals may not be as special as many years ago. In many cultures animals are part of their story. Also for the old artists. Many animals were used as a symbol, a way to express or to do research studies in the past. Still, many cultures conserve it. Those important moment in which animals were really important for some ancestor, are now shaped in art.


          It is interesting to see the animals on pieces of arts. Most of the objects bring a significant meaning for every animal on them. In the following pictures we will see how important all the works with animals are for their ancestors.


         On this piece we can see a dolphin. Roman believed that this kind of sculpture came from the snow and that it could avoid illness.
Rock Crystal Statuette of a Dolphin

    Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955


    3rd–5th century


    Roman or Byzantine

On this work, the artist used communication through this unicorn. Is kind of saying that it depends on us whether to stay in the circumstances we are or move on. the unicorn has a easy way to escape but he does'nt.
                      The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
1495–1505
South Netherlandish



This mommy makes us remember that egyptian used to wrap their body once they died. In this case this is an sacred dog.

Donation mummy with dog bones


Rogers Fund, 1913
ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D
Late Period–Roman Period

 All the following works have also a message or important meaning on the animals that appear on them:




Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers


Fletcher Fund, 1987
11th–12th century
Eastern Central Asia

Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Lipkin, 1961
19th–mid-20th century
Guinea or Mali or Burkina Faso or Côte d'Ivoire
Komo or Koma Power Association
Marble statue of a lion

Purchase, Rogers Fund, and James Loeb and Anonymous Gifts, 1909
ca. 400–390 B.C.
Classical
Greek




Janus Helmet Mask (Wanyugo)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1964
19th–mid-20th century
Côte d'Ivoire, Région des Savanes, Ladiokaha
Senufo peoples

The Innocent Eye Test   Mark Tansey (American, born San Jose, California 1949)        

Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988
1981

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949






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