Art History Animalia @ArtHistAnimalia
transdisciplinary zoologist exploring animal iconography from around the world via intersections of natural history with art & visual culture history linktr.ee/arthistoryanim… Pennsylvania, USA Joined September 2022-
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This #frockingfabulous 17th century frog purse is too adorable! It's believed these tiny fellows were used as a pomander, to carry lovely scents when on the go. #Fashionhistory via the Museum of London.
Bite-sized hisssstory: This impressive lararium (shrine) features two rather handsome looking serpents — complete with stuccoed heads and flicking tongues. Leafy foliage and chirping birds complete the picture. #Pompeii #Roman #Archaeology
Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi, in Bacchiacca, 1525. Young Roman holding a very fashionable tabby cat (imported from Damascus, which explains the term for tabby in Italian : gatto soriano) #TabbyDay
Bear playing a merry tune 🎶 British Library, Additional MS 62925 (The Rutland Psalter), folio 52v
In these stunning chromolithographs from 1851, Jean Baptiste Vérany realizes his ambition — to accurately render “the suppleness of the flesh, the grace of the contours, the transparency and the coloring” of cephalopods: publicdomainreview.org/collection/ver…
For #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday, two different versions of Two Long Neck #Turtles, 2019, by Reuben Balarda Manakgu (Mandjuringunj clan, West Arhnem Land, b.1965) Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 26 x 43cm & 40 x 50 cm mutualart.com/Artist/Reuben-… #IndigenousArt
#TwoForTuesday: Leslie van der Sluys (Australian, 1939-2010) Gang Gang #Cockatoos and Lemon Scented Gum, 1982 hand-coloured linocut, 32 x 29cm invaluable.com/auction-lot/le… #BirdsInArt
#MarsupialMonday: Margaret Preston (Australian, 1875-1963) #Kangaroos Feeding, 1945 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm mutualart.com/Artwork/KANGAR… #WomenArtists
#MonotremeMonday: Ainslie Roberts (Australian, 1911-1993) The Dancing #Echidna, n.d. Oil on board, 75 x 75 cm mutualart.com/Artwork/The-Da…
#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. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jord… #BirdsInArt
What a treat! Going through the @LinneanSociety collections to get ready for my talk on this mysterious #thylacine illustration by John Lewin - one of the very first Western depictions of these icons of #extinction. The free online event is on 14th May: members.linnean.org/events/65a368d…
For #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Pine Barrens Tree Frog (FS II.294), from the Endangered Species portfolio, 1983 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, Edition of 150, 38 x 38 in. (97 x 97 cm) wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol… (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the…
For #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸: Eric Carle (American, 1929-2021) #Frog, n.d. Hand painted & glazed collage with gouache on board 190x265 mm (7.5 x 10.5 in.) catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-l… @savethefrogs
Resharing for #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸
Resharing for #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸
Resharing for #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸
Resharing for #SaveTheFrogsDay 🐸
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SAVE THE FROGS! @savethefrogs
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The Long Victorian @longvictorian2
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#EndangeredSpeciesDay: #DYK Andy #Warhol made 2 screenprint series in the 1980s focused on threatened animals? 2nd was Vanishing Animals, 1985: Komodo Monitor, Douc Langur 1, Mongolian Wild Horse, Mouse Armadillo, Douc Langur 2, Bats, Sumatra's Rhinoceros, Okapi, Whooping Crane,…
Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) moved his family to Kenya from 1909-1915 and created over 150 paintings while there, many with an expressionistic quality. Here's a wildlife-themed one: Rhinoceros and Euphorbia Trees, oil on canvas, 1909/10 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akse…
#AnimalArtOfTheDay for #WorldRhinoDay #1: Carnelian #rhinoceros amulet Egypt, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BCE-200 CE @metmuseum metmuseum.org/art/collection… Both native African species have 2 horns and were once extant in Egypt (though probably were extinct by Early Dynastic)
#AnimalArtOfTheDay for #WorldRhinoDay #2: bronze #rhinoceros zun (wine vessel) inlaid w/ gold & silver cloud designs Western Han Dynasty (206BCE-8CE) National Museum of China commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bron… All 3 Asian species were once extant in China; Sumatran the only one with 2 horns
For #TilesOnTuesday + a belated #SaveTheRhinoDay: “2-horned African #rhinoceros ‘PINOKEPOC’ on Nilotic #mosaic of the flooding of the river Nile in #AncientEgypt, from Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste, c. 100 BCE, Palestrina Museo Archeologico” flickr.com/photos/4152398…
It's National Tabby Day! #NationalTabbyDay #TabbyDay #TabbyCat
NOT the Spelling I had on my Birding Bingo Card, but... #FforS @NewberryLibrary (Catesby, 1731-45. VAULT Case oversize W 764 .15)
oh hey look what’s out today
@ArtHistAnimalia We are cataloguing frogs in Australia via the Australian Museum FrogId app, I submitted a recording of a distinctive frog in my garden then a couple of weeks ago I finally got a pic, 2nd time I’ve seen one, I’ve living here for 15 years - Peron’s tree frog
What a treat! Going through the @LinneanSociety collections to get ready for my talk on this mysterious #thylacine illustration by John Lewin - one of the very first Western depictions of these icons of #extinction. The free online event is on 14th May: members.linnean.org/events/65a368d…
“Now, if I could please ask those of you at the front to kneel and keep your eyes tightly closed...” - late 15th century, Book of Hours, Bodleian Library, Douce Ms. 266, 6r
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. @PaCapitoltours #ArtsAndCraftsMovement #animalsInArt
For #Woodensday: #frog dish Heiltsuk culture (NW Coast, BC, Canada) collected 1927 painted wood 10.2x15.2x24.1cm @MOA_UBC A405 a-b: collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?ke… Frogs are commonly encountered in NW Coast First Nations art. They can symbolize transformation, rebirth & renewal,…
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Ancient Egyptian Amethyst Cat Pendant, belonged to late Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BC. This is an amethyst cat pendant which was more than likely worn by perhaps a priest king, Pharoah or somebody of high importance, let us not forget that cats were revered within Egypt and were…
Swallow and Camellia, by Ito Jakuchu, 18th century
Surinamese tapir according to Stedman, circa 1775 (collection @bukubooks) vs Surinamese tapir spotted at the Kwattaweg in 2012. #Suriname #Tapir #worldtapirday #Paramaribo
Tapir in Brazil, by Frans Post circa 1640. #WorldTapirDay #novaholanda #koningsdag
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