Tag Archives: Animals

1489: Versions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine [Cecilia Galleran] (1489–1490) Awol Erizku: Lady with a Pitbull (2009) Hans Holbein: Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling [probably Anne Lovell] (c. 1526-28) Frida Khalo: Self-Portrait with … Continue reading →

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1891: Wolf

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernest Thompson Seton: The Sleeping Wolf (1891)

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1914: The Rothschilds’ Fleas

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Although he may not have paid £1,000 for a flea in 1914 (about $135,000 today), the banker Charles Rothschild was in fact a respected entomologist and an avid collector of fleas. He acquired some 260,000 specimens, including about 500 new … Continue reading →

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1902: Orchid and Hummingbird

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall (1902) The orchid pictured is Cattleya labiata (known also as the Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped Cattleya), which grows in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. The plant … Continue reading →

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5th Century BC: Rhyton

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Brygos: Rhyton [drinking vessel] in the shape of a dog’s head (early 5th century BC) (source)

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1864: Blue Morpho

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Blue Morpho Butterfly (c. 1864)

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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1947: Mister

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)

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2016: Adrift

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sam Yeats: Adrift (2016)

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14th Century: Watch as I Become a Buddha Even More Quickly than That!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lotus Sutra is one of the central texts in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism and, for some, is thought to contain the complete and final teaching of the Buddha. It was composed at the turn of the millennium. In … Continue reading →

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