For #WhoopingCraneDay :
N.C. Wyeth (American, 1882-1945)
The Dance of the Whooping Cranes, 1939
oil on panel, 30 x 22¼ in. (76.2 x 56.5 cm);
printed as a plate in the illustrated edition of The Yearling (1939) #BirdsInArt#EndangeredSpecies
#MosaicMonday:
Image of what is likely a Crowned Crane (Balearica spp.), endemic to continental Africa, on the #Byzantine floor mosaic of the Petra Church, Jordan, 5th-6th c. CE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jordan1222.jpg #BirdsInArt
#MetalMonday:
Lamp in the Shape of a #Rooster
Early Byzantine (Egypt?), 6th-7th c.
Bronze, cast & chased, 11 x 13.5 cm (4 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
On display at @DumbartonOaks
“The rooster is a rare shape and may not have any references beyond its similarity in shape to the peacock and its associations with sunrise - the start of daylight.” #BirdsInArt
#MetalMonday:
Lamp in the form of a #bird, 12th c,
Persian, Iran, Khorasan province, Seljuk-Atabeg period
Quaternary alloy, cast & incised, with turquoise inlay
13.34 x 19.05 x 19.05 cm (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
On display at Harvard Art Museums #BirdsInArt