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Tag Archives: Lions
32,000 ya: Panel of the Lions
Chauvet Cave, Panel of the Lions (Aurignacian culture, ca. 30,000 – 32,000 ya) (source)
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Tagged 31st MIllenium BC, Animals, Archaeology, Art, Bison, Drawing, France, Lions, Mammals, Mammoths, Rhinoceroses
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40,000 ya: Löwenmensch
Discovered in 1939, the Löwenmensch (“lion-human”) is an ivory figurine carved from a mammoth’s tusk. It is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, as well as the oldest-known example of figurative art. Historically, there has been some debate over … Continue reading
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Tagged 41st Millenium BC, Animals, Art, Cryptids, Germany, Lions, Sculpture, Women
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1805: Cenotaph
Antonio Canova: Cenotaph for Marie Christine of Austria [detail] (1805)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Angels, Animals, Death, Italy, Lions, Sculpture
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1887: The Story Depends on the Teller
The Lion and the Statue On a statue king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.” THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER Walter … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Drawing, Great Britain, Lions, Poetry, Walter Crane
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