knavalesi, 3 months ago to 13thFloor

Archaeologists uncover #Pompeii fresco depicting Phrixus and his twin sister Helle. #mythology

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/archaeologists-fine-pompeii-fresco-depicting-greek-mythological/103537716

#ancientart @mythology #AnimalsInArt #AncientRome #italy #archaeology #travel @archaeodons @antiquidons #folklore

NeptuneCaffeine, 4 months ago to religion

Sarcophagus with the Legend of Achilles
#Beirut National Museum, #Lebanon 🇱🇧, 100 - 200 CE

#TombTuesday @mythology #kunst #ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #glam #religion #mythology #ancientreligions #paganism #AncientRome #animalsinart

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

For #SquirrelAppreciationDay: 12, 28, 35, 140 “Grey #Squirrel”
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “28”
photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “35” and with the squirrel red instead of grey
photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “140”

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

For #AppreciateADragonDay on #TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
100 + 362 “DRAGONFLY”
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from Henry Mercer’s 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of the floor tile mosaic: dragonfly design with black body and white wings with blue spots, square frame, labeled “DRAGON FLY” & numbered “362”

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

Sunday Sunfish!
317. “SUNFISH” from the ongoing search for all the #animals from Henry C Mercer’s 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of the tile’s entry in the 1908 guide book: “The Sunfish. 317. Where the meadow brook deepens under hazel bushes, or plunges into the the milldam's pool, or where sunbeams piercing the warped boards of the old broad bridge, illumine the scented water, barefooted children, with worm boxes poles strings pin hooks and puppy, peeping downward, behold the sunfish, akin to humanity in its eyes, fanning itself with winglike fins, a translucent golden shadow in an enchanted water world.” (Guide Book to the Tiles Pavement in the Capitol of Pennsylvania by Henry C Mercer, 1908, p. 85)

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to animals

For #TilesOnTueaday + #TwoForTuesday: 105 + 156 “#Oyster”
Many of the designs appear in multiples & those in higher foot traffic areas have noticeably more wear, as seen in this pair.
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of floor tile mosaic depicting an open white oyster (bivalve shells), numbered “156” and labeled “OYS TER” - light wear from less foot traffic

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to animals

For #MosaicMonday + #OwlishMonday:
51. Screech Owl + 141. Barn Owl
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt #owls

photo of the barn owl tile floor mosaic, numbered 141

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

“Art meets nature in drawings pasted on the streets of Paris – in pictures”
via The Guardian
#animalsinart
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/jan/06/art-meets-nature-in-drawings-pasted-on-the-streets-of-paris-in-pictures

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to animals

For #FrogFriday:
343. “Rana” ( #Frog )
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

art_history_animalia, 8 months ago to random

Happy #WorldAnimalDay! How many different animals can you spot in this fabric menagerie?
Sarong (Kain Lepas), mid-late 19th c.
Javanese (Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan)
Cotton, paint
44 x 84 in. (111.76 x 213.36 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 30.88.2: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/308005
#SEAsianArt #AnimalsInArt

closeup of the animal design

art_history_animalia, 8 months ago to random

Happy #WorldAnimalDay!
Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858)
One Hundred Birds and One Hundred Animals
Japan, Edo period, 1843
pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, & gold pigment on silk
From “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” exhibition at National Gallery of Art DC (2019)
#JapaneseArt #AnimalsInArt

photo of the 100 animals hanging scroll on display
photo of the 100 birds hanging scroll on display
gallery label: “181 SUZUKI KITSU 1796 - 1858 One Hundred Birds and One Hundred Animals Edo period, 1843 pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold pigment on silk Catherine and Thomas H. Edson Collection Native birds and animals appear alongside an elephant, a camel, and other exotic species. A mythical phoenix perches on the mountain in the scroll at right, while a kirin flies through clouds in the one at left. A sacred animal with the horns of a dragon and the legs of a deer, the kirin is said to materialize when saints or benevolent rulers appear. With real and fantastic creatures coexisting in harmony amid blossoming plants from all four seasons, these scrolls suggest a Buddhist paradise.”