art_history_animalia

art_history_animalia, 10 days ago to Dogs

For #Woodensday: #carousel #dogs !

1. Loof Factory
   "Queen" Carousel Piece, 1890
   painted wood
2. Devos Carousel Makers
   French Carousel Poodle, c.1923
   painted wood
   On display at AKC Museum of the Dog
   #DogsInArt

photo of wooden carousel dog #2 on display: white poodle with pole

art_history_animalia, 10 days ago to random

Happy #Humpday!
Tomb Figure of a Bactrian #Camel
China, Tang Dynasty, 800-850
Earthenware with 3-color (sancai) glaze & traces of painted decoration
On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1964-9-1

art_history_animalia, 15 days ago to random

#WorldParrotDay bling:
#Parrot Pendant
Spain, c.1600-1650
Enameled gold set with a table-cut foiled triplet simulating ruby & hung with pearls; H 9.8 x W 2.0 x D 1.7 cm
V&A Museum 337-1870: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126241/pendant-unknown/
#BirdsInArt

art_history_animalia, 16 days ago to random

Born #OTD: Peter Carl #Fabergé (Russian, 30 May 1846 – 24 Sep 1920)
#Mouse, c.1908-14
House of Fabergé (Manufacturer); Peter Carl Fabergé (Artist)
smoky quartz, diamonds, gold, rubies
1 5/16 x 1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in. (3.4 x 4 x 6 cm)
Walters Art Museum 42.1514: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76634/faberge-mouse/

art_history_animalia, 17 days ago to random

For #WorldOtterDay :
Christian Morrisseau (Anishinaabe, 1969-2022)
#Otter Family, 2005
acrylic on canvas, 93.5 x 121.9 cm (36.79 ins x 48 in)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/OTTER-FAMILY/0DF90C78588179DD
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

art_history_animalia, 18 days ago to random

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

art_history_animalia, 18 days ago to random

It's #WorldDugongDay! #DYK the #dugong is the only surviving Sirenian cousin of the #manatees; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. 😢
Louis Paul Jonas (USA, 1894-1971)
Dugong sculpture, H7 x W14 x D7.25 in.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/louis-paul-jonas-studios-dugong-67-c-a654570afa

art_history_animalia, 18 days ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Edwin Megargee (American, 1883-1958)
Chs. Bonnie Brighteyes of Mannerhead, Arnim of Pip, 1937
oil on canvas
breed: #Poodle
on display at AKC Museum of the Dog
#DogsInArt

art_history_animalia, 19 days ago to random

So this is what #pugs looked like in the late 18th / early 19th century…
Richard Ramsay Reinagle (English, 1775-1862)
Pug, n.d.
oil on canvas
Museum of the Dog collection
#DogsInArt

closeup of the pug from the painting
closeup of the pug’s face, showing much less severe features than modern pugs

art_history_animalia, 20 days ago to snails

A silly #snail for a slow Sunday:
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
"There was an old snail with a nest,"
June 26-July 28, 1898
Watercolor, pen & ink, & graphite on card
On display at The Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show

photo of the gallery label AN OLD SNAIL WITH A NEST Beatrix saw a snail digging a nest and watched its eggs hatch. This drawing illustrates a limerick: There was an old snail with a nest— Who very great terror expressed, Lest the wood-lice all round In the cracks under ground Should eat up her eggs in that nest! Her days and her nights were oppressed, But soon all her fears were at rest; For eleven young snails With extremely short tails, Hatched out of the eggs in that nest. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) "There was an old snail with a nest," June 26-July 28, 1898 Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on card ROSS FAMILY COLLECTION

art_history_animalia, 21 days ago to random

Four #cicada brooches, Eastern Germanic, c. 380-500 CE
silver, copper alloy, iron
Morgan Library display

“#Cicadas symbolized immortality in the ancient world, perhaps because of their seemingly miraculous regeneration after long periods of dormancy. Cicada brooches were worn by women living along the Danube and on the northern shores of the Black Sea. The Goths converted to Christianity in the period after AD 350, and these brooches may have had connotations of spiritual renewal and rebirth.”

gallery sign: CICADA BROOCHES Cicadas symbolized immortality in the ancient world, perhaps because of their seemingly miraculous regeneration after long periods of dormancy. Cicada brooches were worn by women living along the Danube and on the northern shores of the Black Sea. The Goths converted to Christianity in the period after AD 350, and these brooches may have had connotations of spiritual renewal and rebirth. 19 Four cicada brooches, ca. AD 380-500 Eastern Germanic, silver, copper alloy, iron

art_history_animalia, 21 days ago to spiders

#Arachnid appreciation post:
Marble cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jamdat Nasr Period, c. 3500-2900 BCE:
(7) Three #Spiders
(8) #Scorpion with a Plant
on display at The Morgan Library & Museum NYC

Scorpion with a Plant seal (numbered 8 on display) “Displayed here are seals with modern impressions replacing the clay used in antiquity. Below each impression is a photographic enlargement that clarifies the detail and beauty of the carving.”

art_history_animalia, 22 days ago to random

Happy to be otw to NYC to see both these exhibitions at The Morgan Library & Museum !
“Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio” + “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature”
https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/current

art_history_animalia, 23 days ago to random

Another wonderful piece to celebrate #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Randy Chitto (Choctaw, b.1962)
#Turtle Storyteller with #Bear Hide
Ceramic sculpture, H 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Turtle-Storyteller-with-Bear-Hide/908DD6475EBA218C35AF0D8C545E5E3D
"Randy's artistic journey primarily centers around the turtle, symbolizing the Choctaw's storytellers, and the bear, representing the strength and courage of the male facet of the tribe."
https://randychitto.com/bio

art_history_animalia, 23 days ago to random

For #WorldTurtleDay 🐢:
Tsuba with Design of #Turtles and Water
Okamoto Shigetsune, Chôshû School
Japan, early 19th c.
iron (decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, nikubori, kebori)
7 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago 11.11583: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/11366/tsuba-with-design-of-turtles-and-water
#JapaneseArt

art_history_animalia, 23 days ago to random

Here is a whole pile of turtles for #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢
#Netsuke of Group of #Turtles
Japan, 19th century
Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) x W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 10.211.897: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60191
#JapaneseArt

art_history_animalia, 23 days ago to random

From the blog for #WorldTurtleDay: what does this unusual 18th c. English portrait from @philamuseum have in common with this early 20th c. Ottoman one from @PeraMuzesi? More than you may think! 😉 Find out more here: https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/05/23/animal-art-of-the-day-for-world-turtle-day-an-unusual-tortoise-portrait-from-18th-century-england-and-its-connection-to-ottoman-turkey/

1. Still life with a Tortoise, 1743
2. The Tortoise Trainer, 1906

zoomed in detail of the tortoise
Osman Hamdi Bey The Tortoise Trainer, 1906 version oil on canvas, 221.5 cm × 120 cm Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
zoomed in detail of the tortoises at the man's feet

art_history_animalia, 26 days ago to random

Party hat for #WorldBeeDay 🐝: bee(s) in your bonnet!
Hat, 1960s
Designer: Bes-Ben (American, founded 1920), made in Chicago, USA
plastic, synthetic, cotton
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2006.74.6: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/128400

art_history_animalia, 26 days ago to random

For #WorldBeeDay 🐝:
#Netsuke of #Bee on a Leaf
Japan, 19th c.
Ivory, H 1 1/8 x W 1 3/4 x D 1 in. (2.9 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 91.1.985 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/59697
#JapaneseArt

art_history_animalia, 26 days ago to random

For #WorldBeeDay 🐝:
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
#Bees , 1948
gouache & cut out paper, 101x241cm
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel
https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/bees-1948

art_history_animalia, 28 days ago to random

#Baturday :
Maurice Pillard Verneuil (French, 1869–1942)
Chauves-souris et pavots, tenture (#Bats and poppies, hanging)
From Plate 33 of L'animal dans la Décoration, 1897
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chauves_souris_et_pavots_tenture_papillons_et_campanules_papier_peint_-_L%27animal_dans_la_decoration_(1897)_by_M._P._Verneuil_(New_York_Public_Library,_enhanced_by_Rawpixel)_506%27790171_o.jpg
#ArtNouveau

art_history_animalia, 29 days ago to random

#FrogFriday :
Reg Davidson (Haida, b.1954)
#Frogs, 1994
silkscreen, 22 x 27 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Frogs/131A9F84E61CCF2BEF273DA3DD9804E8
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese, 1864-1942)
Sika #Deer c.1900-10
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/44266g1
#JapaneseArt #Ukiyoe #Nihonga

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Jane Peterson (American, 1876–1965)
Grey Crowned #Cranes
Watercolor, gouache, & pencil on paper
19.5 × 25.75 in (49.5 × 65.4 cm)
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jane-peterson-grey-crowned-cranes
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

A fine-looking friend for #TurtleTuesday, found on fol. 98v of British Library Sloane MS 4016 (Tractatus de Herbis), Lombardy, Italy, c.1440.
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery104656.htm