Posts by art_history_animalia@historians.social
(DIR) Post #AxooGgkyRoy3PUPaVs by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-03T02:04:03Z
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#TwoForTuesday :Sword-Hilt Collar & Pommel [Fuchigashira] (with #cicada adult & nymph!)Japan, late 18th c.Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), goldFuchi (a); H 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g); kashira (b); H 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 0.6 oz. (17 g)Metropolitan Museum of Art 36.120.462a,b https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/29654#JapaneseArt
(DIR) Post #AyBsXth8SwYuuc9iwi by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-14T03:12:55Z
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#Baturday 🦇:#Bat-shaped PendantGreater Chiriquí culture, S. Costa Rica or W. Panama, c. 800-1550 CEGold and copper alloy5.5 x 6.5 x 2.2 cmMontreal Museum of Fine Arts 2010.372 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/50168/#IndigenousArt
(DIR) Post #AyDcK3lzjof33DMZpQ by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-15T04:04:25Z
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#AncientRome Intaglio: Two #cicadas fighting as gladiatorsRoman Republic, 1st c. BCECarnelian, 17 x 21 x 3.5 mm “Rare subject referable to the late republican repertoire of #insects that perform human actions.”https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-roman-republican-carnelian-intaglio-two-cicadas-88-c-6464cd6a53
(DIR) Post #AyJtFPveC1XAphECzg by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-18T04:42:44Z
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For #NationalFoxDay 🦊:399: #Fox , 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.
(DIR) Post #AyY9MVSj8zAMuoAaXY by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-25T01:50:53Z
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For #WorldGorillaDay 🦍:Lowell Nesbitt (USA, 1933-1993)Cerens [Cereus] and #Gorilla , 1980oil on canvas, 50.5 x 36 in.https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Cerens-and-Gorilla/18FA8E58CA61019A2006FE033EF82058
(DIR) Post #AygciddtrX1iakyrwW by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-09-29T03:43:26Z
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#Crow Mask (Nsua-Ndua)Cameroon, early 20th c.Wood, pigment, paintOn display at Baltimore Museum of Art (1987.146)#AfricanArt #BirdsInArt
(DIR) Post #AymJiCHOrfEdXxIB0K by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-10-02T00:30:03Z
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For #InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay 🦝:Sergio Bustamante (Mexico, b.1949)#Raccoon, n.d.Paper Mache, 25.25" x 42" x 19”https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/bustamante-raccoon-sculpture-1079-c-cb6489e9ff
(DIR) Post #Ayo2NFElMcIZjWOyuW by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-02T14:21:36Z
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#ThreeForThursday :Tiffany Studios, NYC, USA, under artistic direction of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933)#Spider Tea Screen, c. 1905Triptych: leaded glass & patinated bronze3 panels 22.7 x 11.5 cm (9 x 4 ½ in.) ea.https://www.christies.com/lot/tiffany-studios-spider-tea-screen-circa-1905-6320861/#ArtNouveau
(DIR) Post #AytrvTHhi13WbCefvk by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-05T03:21:30Z
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#Caturday 🐱:Dahlov Ipcar (USA, 1917-2017)Encounter, 1967Oil on canvas, 23 1/2" x 19 1/2"https://live.thomastonauction.com/auction-lot/dahlov-ipcar-me-vt-1917-2017_0D14BA9839#CatsInArt #WomenArtists
(DIR) Post #Ayx0N7jGpKogxi7py4 by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-07T01:36:53Z
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For #NationalBadgerDay :Lloyd Kakepetum (Keewaywin First Nation, b.1958)#Badger , 1979Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)#FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt #WoodlandsArthttps://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/lloyd-kakepetum-24-x-20-in-61-x-50-8-cm-184-c-5694ea99d2
(DIR) Post #Ayx80QlMh1mGy1nMq8 by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-07T03:06:03Z
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#MonochromeMonday :Huang Yongyu 黄永玉 (Tujia; China, 1924-2023)Black Swine, 1994Ink on paper, hanging scroll#ChineseArt https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/fine-chinese-paintings-hk0392/lot.1275.html
(DIR) Post #Ayy0dkj1noYHhJtwRs by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-07T12:22:27Z
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Echinus, Pl. 136 in Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature, T.2 (Paris, 1797). Hand-colored plate.#SeaUrchins #Echinoderms #Invertebrates #SciArt https://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcave/4110878590/
(DIR) Post #Az1W50rvZLz3dcQFii by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-08T23:27:35Z
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For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here's a smiley octopus on a terracotta plate from Getty Museum 😀Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter#CephalopodAwarenessDays
(DIR) Post #Az1WB5NTiadNMM4l6G by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-10-09T01:54:28Z
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For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙:#Octopus Form BoxJapan, late 19th centuryHirado Mikawachi ware, porcelain with blue & brown glazes6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (17.15 x 17.15 x 11.43 cm)LACMA M.2002.147.2a-b
(DIR) Post #Az2EFAcAaLMik8hnaS by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-08T23:46:04Z
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For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙on a #Woodensday:#Octopus and #Rat by Kuki Sii, Tongan artistwood carving w/ shellSydney, Australia c.1970+The Rat and the Octopus book by Temukisa Lelemia, Ill. by Murray GrimsdaleWellington, NewZealand 1998seen on display at AMNH NYC#CephalopodAwarenessDays
(DIR) Post #AzMLOk3qkbf27pMWiu by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-19T01:10:51Z
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#NationalOpossumDay:Most of the images in Thomas Pennant's Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771) were reused for his History of Quadrupeds (1781), but the #Opossum got a dramatic makeover, from lean machine to CHONK 👀1. from Synopsis of Quadrupeds 1771 (pl 204)2. from History of Quadrupeds 1781 (pl 302)
(DIR) Post #AzPYfEWn7pXE7zyPEe by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-16T12:22:46Z
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#ThreeForThursday :Park Saeng-Kwang (Korea, 1904-1985)#Deer, 1969 Ink & color on paper, 88 x 95 cm#KoreanArt
(DIR) Post #AzYl8x3pZzqEVz0IcK by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-10-25T20:34:54Z
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For #InternationalGibbonDay :Gunnar Nylund (Sweden, 1904-1997)Rörstrand sculpture: #Gibbon mother and baby, 1940sChamotte stoneware, H 24.5cm
(DIR) Post #AzbKIKZxOVj8m09s80 by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-10-26T05:24:38Z
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#Caturday night fashion:“Yowling kitten fan” by Adolphe Thomasse (artist) for Maison Duvelleroy (retailer)France, c. 1905Silk taffeta, mother-of-pearl sequins, mother-of-pearlASU FIDM Museum 2013.975.17#CatsInArt
(DIR) Post #AznNmcgrLi3oWPCDAm by art_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-11-01T03:44:04Z
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Embroidery Artist Carefully Stitches Over 150 Colorful #Bird Species on Dry Leaves https://mymodernmet.com/leveza-art-embroidery-birds-leaves/ via @mymodernmet#BirdsInArt #ContemporaryArt