Tag Archives: Animals

1901: Max’s Monkeys

Posted on July 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gabriel von Max: Abelard and Heloise (after 1900). Max and his wife lived with as many as 14 monkeys. Here are some more examples of his work:

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2012: The Birds

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

stuntkid: The Birds (2012) (source)

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1916: The King of the Cats

Posted on June 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Padraic Colum’s children’s classic The King of Ireland’s Son, this tale is told to the son by the king’s steward: The King of the Cats stood up. He was a grand creature. His body was brown and striped across … Continue reading →

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2009: Familia Muerta

Posted on June 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Adrián Villar Rojas: My family dead (2009) (source)

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1904: A Nightmare

Posted on June 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1904…I was staying at the Hotel Scholastika, on the borders of the Aachensee, in Austria. I dreamed one night that I was walking down a sort of pathway between two fields, separated from these last by high iron railings, … Continue reading →

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1495: Relationship Issues

Posted on June 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Piero di Cosimo: A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph [The Death of Procris] (c. 1495) (source) In one version of the myth of Procris, her husband Cephalus abandons her for eight years to test her fidelity, and then, when he … Continue reading →

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2014: State of the Union

Posted on June 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Brosio: State of the Union 2 (2014) (source)

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1860: Sara Paambu

Posted on June 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

A dhaman (rat snake) (ptyas mucosus), Tiruchirappalli, ca.1860 (source) In Tamil, the snake’s name is sara paambu.

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1866: Special Providence

Posted on June 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Preserved specimen of Lonchura pallida pallida [pale-headed munia] from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands (1866). The pale-headed munia is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia. (source)

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1939: How to Handle a Bison

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

“A Museum staff member prepares a model diorama for one of the iconic scenes in the Hall of North American Mammals in 1939.” —American Museum of Natural History (source)

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