Art History Animalia

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Zoologist exploring animal iconography via intersections of natural history with art & visual culture history. AKA Deniz (she/they), PhD student @ UD.
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#FishFriday: Anton Seder (Germany 1850 - France 1916) #ArtNouveau #Fish designs, Plates 3 & 7 in _Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst_ (1896) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da... commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da...

#FishFriday: Havhest (#Seahorse), 1949 Paul René Gauguin (Norway, 1911-1976) color woodcut print, H 478mm x W 603mm Nasjonalmuseet NG.K&H.B.00926: www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collectio...

#FishFriday: Olli Lyytikäinen (Finland, 1949-1987) Another Kind of #Fish, 1970 colour pencil & watercolour on paper,33 × 23 cm Finnish National Gallery N-1997-16: www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/60...

New research: Monumental #snake engravings of the Orinoco River | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3X8FDVv

Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River | Antiquity | Cambridge Corebit.ly Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River - Volume 98 Issue 399

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In 'O Jardim,' Efrain Almeida reimagines the garden of his youth in the backlands of Ceará, Brazil, complete with iridescent hummingbirds and a curious pup. www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/efra...

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(4/4) #BookRecommendation: Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould by Andrea Hart & Ann Datta (2023) amzn.to/4fc27vg via #AmazonAssociates #BirdsInArt #WomenArtists #WomenInScience

Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould: Hart, Andrea, Datta, Ann: 9783791379876: Amazon.com: Booksamzn.to Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould [Hart, Andrea, Datta, Ann] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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(3/4) Elizabeth Gould (born #OTD ) has two eponym birds, Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird & Gouldian Finch: 1: Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird, by E. Gould in J. Gould’s A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains 1831 2 & 3: Gouldian Finches, credited to J. Gould & H.C. Richter in J. Gould’s Birds of Australia 1840-8

(1/4) British natural history illustrator Elizabeth Gould was born #OTD (18 Jul 1804 – 15 Aug 1841). 1 Life portrait with a raptor (Red-Footed Falcon?), oil on canvas 2 Posthumous portrait with a Cockatiel, c.1841, oil on canvas www.portrait.gov.au/image/97916/ www.portrait.gov.au/image/97915/

(2/4) Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), Tab. LX in _A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains_ (London, 1831), written by John Gould with illustrations & lithography by Elizabeth Gould, born #OTD (18 July 1804 – 15 August 1841). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_... #BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

Dutch zoological illustrator Joseph Smit was born #OTD (18 July 1836 – 4 November 1929). Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) by Joseph Smit for Major C.H.T. Marshall in IBIS, October 1884. Via BHL: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8526775 #BirdsInArt

Dutch zoological illustrator Joseph Smit was born #OTD (18 July 1836 – 4 November 1929). Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) by Joseph Smit for B. Simpson, 1869, Plate XLI in Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the ZSL. Via BHL: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28663441

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Album of Abyssinian birds and mammals Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2836729

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Parrots in captivity /. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887 [i.e. 1883-1888]. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41402299

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The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands / Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, 1898. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52769906

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Sharks and snakes don't always have to be so menacing. 🦈 🐍 www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/lori...

#WatercolorWednesday: Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat [Changthangi] India, Mughal dynasty, c.1601-25 Opaque watercolor, ink, gold on paper 37.9 × 25.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.) Art Institute of Chicago 1919.944: www.artic.edu/artworks/768... #IndianArt #SouthAsianArt

Banko Ware Vases with #Insect Motif Decoration Japan, c.1900 stoneware w/overglaze enamels 18.2 x 11 cm (top photos) & 18 x 10.6 cm (bottom photos) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 2004.013.016,17: aggv.ca/emuseum/obje... aggv.ca/emuseum/obje... #JapaneseArt

Commoner's firefighting jacket (hikeshibanten) Japan, 19th c. Cotton cloth with indigo dye (sashiko & tsutsugaki), 38 1/2 x 50 in. (97.79 x 127 cm) Seattle Art Museum 2001.414: art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/3884... #JapaneseArt

Read more about the history and iconography of this cool coat here: samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2017/10/fire...

Object of the Week: Commoner's Firefighting Jacket - SAMBlogsamblog.seattleartmuseum.org As Halloween approaches and our thoughts turn to the weird and witchy, we wanted to highlight an early-nineteenth-century firefighter’s coat, called hikeshibanten, since it features a spooky spider. M...

WHY DOES IT LOOK SO MUCH LIKE BREAD #Crab netsuke Japan, 19th century, signed "Jugyoku") hornbill ivory, H 1/2 × W 1 3/8 × D 1 1/4 in. (1.2 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm) The Walters Art Museum 71.851: art.thewalters.org/detail/5717/... #JapaneseArt

What a majestic portrait of one of my favorite birds! Lowell Nesbitt (American, 1933-1993) Everglades with Spoonbill, 1990 oil on canvas, 64 x 80 in. www.mutualart.com/Artwork/EVER... #BirdsInArt

#WatercolorWednesday: Erik Werenskiold (Norway, 1855-1938) Bjørnen og reven (The #Bear and the #Fox), c.1908 Watercolor & gouache over over pencil on paper, W 660mm x H 435mm Nasjonalmuseet NG.K&H.B.00151: www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collectio...

#WatercolorWednesday: Franz von Zülow (Austrian, 1883–1963) Animals Having a Meeting, 1943 watercolor, India ink; 32.3 x 47.3 cm. (12.7 x 18.6 in.) www.artnet.com/artists/fran...

#TwoForTuesday for #WorldSnakeDay 🐍: Lowell Nesbitt (USA, 1933-1993) Snakes and Snakes II, 1981 oil on canvas, 64 x 80 inches each www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/... www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/... #Snakes

#BookRecommendation for #WorldSnakeDay 🐍: Snake Charm (1995) amzn.to/4bOxrxB via #AmazonAssociates

Snake Charm: Nissenson, Marilyn, Jonas, Susan: 9780810944565: Amazon.com: Booksamzn.to Snake Charm [Nissenson, Marilyn, Jonas, Susan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Snake Charm

For #WorldSnakeDay 🐍: M. C. Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) #Snakes, 1969 Woodcut print, 49.8 × 44.7 cm (19.6 × 17.6 in) This was the last print Escher produced before his death. Check out the next post for a video of him making it! Image via Christie's: christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...

"Rare video of the great late M. C. Escher doing what would be his last ever print shortly before his death: Snakes." youtube.com/watch?v=cEQc... #WorldSnakeDay

M. C. Escher printing "Snakes"youtube.com Rare video of the great late M. C. Escher doing what would be his last ever print shortly before his death: Snakes.See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_%2...

#WorldSnakeDay bling 🐍: vintage #Bulgari Serpenti bracelet-watches! 1 gold w/ red + green enamel & diamonds, c.1965 2 gold w/ polychrome enamel & emeralds, 1967 3 gold w/ red + yellow enamel & rubies, c.1967 4 model photo 1967 (published in US Vogue, 1971) [images via Bulgari Heritage Collection]

2/2: Bulgari also curated an exhibition of the snake motif in fashion & art history called "SerpentiForm": alaintruong.com/archives/201... And there's a book! Bulgari: Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis amzn.to/4cZGMU2 #BookRecommendation via #AmazonAssociates #WorldSnakeDay

Bulgari: Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis: Cappellieri, Alba: 9788836649471: Amazon.com: Booksamzn.to Bulgari: Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis [Cappellieri, Alba] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bulgari: Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis

Happy #GuineaPigAppreciationDay ! #DYK Domestic guinea pigs are native to the Andes of South America, but they quickly found their way into Europe post-1492 & began showing up in their visual record by the mid-1500s… Guinea Pigs in Art - A Pictorial Gallery: www.guineapigarcade.com/historical-a...

The Guinea Pig Historical Art Museumwww.guineapigarcade.com Guinea pigs in all mediums of art - historical and modern paintings, sculpture, illustration, portraits, origami and more!