art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Félix Labisse (French, 1905–1982)
Les #scorpions, 1959
gouache, 31 x 54 cm
https://www.artnet.com/artists/f%C3%A9lix-labisse/les-scorpions-yH06eyRvfwYp7DQm01sMOg2
Combat de scorpions, n.d.
lithograph, 43 x 57.5 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Combat-de-scorpions/591070459C12FAD2C7FE85CAA787675E

Félix Labisse Combat de scorpions, n.d. color lithograph, 43 x 57.5 cm signed by artist in lower right corner

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Henryk Rodakowski (Polish, 1823-1894)
Two #Camels, between 1853-4
oil on canvas, H 46 x W 52.5 cm
Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie II-a-1246: https://zbiory.mnk.pl/en/search-result/advance/catalog/513247

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

A pair of good doggos for #TwoForTuesday:
Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807)
Telemachus Returning to Penelope, c. 1771
Oil on canvas
On display at “Making Her Mark: A History of #WomenArtists in Europe, 1400-1800” exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art
#dogsinart

closeup of the two dogs (brown and white greyhounds) in the painting
sign: “Angelica Kauffmann Swiss, 1741-1807 Telemachus Returning to Penelope c. 1771 Oil on canvas Penelope greets her son Telemachus after several years of separation as the other members of the household joyfully react. Angelica Kauffmann's portrayal of a scene from the ancient Greek epic The Odyssey (written c. 800 BCE) translates a distant literary event into a gracefully staged homecoming narrative that highlights a mother's perspective. This painting, shown in the 1771 exhibition of Royal Academy in London, signals Kauffmann's achievement of widespread professional success according to male-dominated standards that held historical narratives as the most noble and intellectual of subjects. Just two years before, she became a founding member of the Royal Academy, which counted her and Mary Moser as its only female members. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.”

art_history_animalia, 6 months ago to parrots

#TwoForTuesday on #TilesOnTuesday:
Tile Decorated with a Fountain between Two
#Parrots , 1580s
Iznik kilns, Bursa Province, Türkiye (Ottoman Empire)
Fritware with white, green, blue, red, and transparent glazes
on display at Baltimore Museum of Art

“11. Unidentified Artists Tile Decorated with a Fountain between Two Parrots 1580s Iznik kilns, Bursa Province, Türkiye Fritware with white, green, blue, red, and transparent glazes Bequest of Blanche Adler, BMA 1941.97 Two parrots face each other across the water fountain where they rest. The motif suggests the soul's place in paradise, with the fountain representing paradise and the birds symbolizing the human soul. During the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922), Iznik kilns in present-day Türkiye produced vast quantities of tiles for palaces, mosques, and tombs. This fritware tile was based on imported Chinese porcelain vessels, but Iznik potters used different different methods to produce it. The process of adding different enamel colors in steps, then glazing, and firing multiple times resulted in the tile's intensely clear colors. Around 1560, the Iznik kilns developed the distinctive red from a mixture of red clay and iron oxide applied in a thick layer under the glaze.”

art_history_animalia, 6 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Kitaoka Fumio (1918-2007)
Glass #Fish, 1988
color woodblock print, ink on paper
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/42096g1
#JapaneseArt

art_history_animalia, 8 months ago to random

#ToucanTuesday + #TwoForTuesday :
#ArtDeco #Toucan Bookends by Hippolyte François Moreau (1832-1927), France, 1920s. Bronze sculptures on marble base, H 5.12 in (13 cm) x W 6.3 in (16 cm) x D 3.15 in (8 cm) each. https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/art-deco-bookends-toucan-hippolyte-francois-moreau-france-1920s/id-f_29203372/
#BirdsInArt

tklancer, 8 months ago to wildlife

"I can't believe you showed up in the same outfit as me!"
"Hey, I got here first. You should go back to your rock and change."
"This is my rock! You change!"
"I can't even look at you right now. This is so embarrassing!"

#BirdProblems

#TwoForTuesday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Bird #Birds #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfMastodon #CapeStMarys #Newfoundland #Razorbill #Twinning

art_history_animalia, 9 months ago to random

A pretty in pink #TwoForTuesday from
the Harvard Peabody Museum collection:

1. Fetish frog
   Yaqui culture, Sonora, Mexico
   rhodochrosite w/ turquoise eyes
   2.5x5.7x5.9cm
   https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/599446

2 Fetish standing bear
Zuñi culture, New Mexico, USA
rhodochrosite w/ turquoise eyes & necklace
7x3.3x3.2cm
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/599389

#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #MesoamericanArt

pink stone standing bear fetish figurine (with turquoise bead eyes & necklace)

art_history_animalia, 10 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:

Ceramic stirrup-spout bottles in the form of a #duck and a #feline (ID’d here as a puma)
c. 1100-1400 CE
Chimú culture, North coast of Peru
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian display

This type of grey-black ceramic was a signature Chimú style.

#IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt #AndeanArt

closeup of the duck bottle - dark grey
closeup of the feline bottle - dark grey

art_history_animalia, 10 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday on #TextileTuesday:
San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna, Panama - 20th century
Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth w/ appliqué & embroidery
On display at GW Textile Museum’s new animal-themed textiles exhibit.
#IndigenousArt #PanamanianArt

photo of the horseman mola
photo of the label: > Mola panel Panama; San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna 20th century Mola panel Panama; San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna 20th century Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth with appliqué and embroidery The Textile Museum Collection, 1969.26.4, museum purchase Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth with appliqué and embroidery The Textile Museum Collection, 2000.24.80, Ann Parker and Avon Neal Mola Collection, given jointly with the Neals by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr. Guna women's blouse panels or mola often feature animals in their designs. The mola to the left shows a scene of a man on a boat surrounded by a range of different aquatic animals; a crab, two crocodiles (either spectacled caiman/Caiman crocodilus or the American crocodile/Crocodylus acutus), two fish, and an eel. This scene is reflective of the ocean-centric culture of these Indigenous communities on the Panamanian coast and the San Blas Islands. Guna women also depict non-native species drawn from a diverse range of subject matter. The mola to the right was inspired by the cover of the September 1966 issue of the magazine The Western Horseman. The horse is a common symbol for foreign culture in Central and South American Indigenous cultures, as it was introduced into the region by various waves of European and American occupation.<

art_history_animalia, 1 year ago to Gold

It’s #WorldTurtleDay, on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday!
Check out this gorgeous pair of nearly 2000-year-old cast #gold repoussé #turtle earrings, probably from the Taxila region (in modern day Pakistan), 1st-2nd c. CE, 5.72 x 1.27 x .95 cm.
From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection: https://collections.lacma.org/node/251482

art_history_animalia, 1 year ago to random

#TwoForTuesday for #BatAppreciationWeek: Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877 – 1945), Flying #Bats, early 20th century #woodblock print. https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/40929g1

https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/40929g1

#japaneseart #natureart #ukiyoe