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The Medieval Menagerie
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Author : Janetta Rebold Benton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Medieval Menagerie written by Janetta Rebold Benton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
"Featuring incredible creatures and grotesque gargoyles, "The Medieval Menagerie" takes us from the improbable to the impossible as it traces the depiction and the meaning of real and imaginary animals in medieval art. From unicorns and dragons to elephants, lions, and monkeys, medieval society was fascinated with animals, whether they actually existed or not. The more fantastic the creature, the greater its hold seems to have been on the fertile imaginations of the Middle Ages. Both art and literature abound with vividly concocted examples of Gothic monsters (gargoyles and griffins), bizarre ideas about real if exotic beasts (lions were believed to be born dead and resurrected by the father lion three days later), and strange visions of composite creatures (such as a widely accepted animal believed to be a cross between an ant and a lion). Featuring the celebrated collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, "The Medieval Menagerie" is illustrated with the splendid and amusing beasts found in medieval painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts, as wello as in bestiaries and manuscripts. The text explores the depiction and the meaning of real and imaginary animals in medieval art. Elegant, lively and intelligent, "The Medieval Managerie" captures some of the wildest creatures ever to grace a Gothic cathedral."--Amazon.ca product desc.
The Medieval Menagerie
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Author : Janetta Rebold Benton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-08-01
The Medieval Menagerie written by Janetta Rebold Benton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-01 with categories.
Medieval Menagerie
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Author : Charles Leroy Youmans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Medieval Menagerie written by Charles Leroy Youmans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Animals categories.
Imaginary Menagerie
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Author : Julie Larios
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2008-04-01
Imaginary Menagerie written by Julie Larios and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Who is half gallop, half walk? Who can turn you to stone with one look? Whose voice do you hear in the splash on the shore? Centaurs, mermaids, and other curious creatures populate these wondrous poems and paintings, inspired by a mythological world full of imagination and mystery. Includes end notes about cultures and legends.
Menagerie
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Author : Caroline Grigson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-28
Menagerie written by Caroline Grigson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-28 with History categories.
Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo — a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and — on occasion — the downright bizarre. From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host of fascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra — which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a craving for novelty.
The Tower Menagerie
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Author : Daniel Hahn
language : en
Publisher: Tarcher
Release Date : 2004
The Tower Menagerie written by Daniel Hahn and has been published by Tarcher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Menageries categories.
A young poet and artist by the name of William Blake traveled to the Tower from his Lambeth home to paint and rhapsodize about a Tower tiger and its "fearful symmetry"; a lion named Crowly received frequent visits from an enamored Samuel Pepys; and one visitor seen dropping in on the creatures of the Menagerie in 1389 was the man in charge of Tower upkeep during the reign of King Richard II, Geoffrey Chaucer." "Daniel Hahn's history of the Royal Menagerie in the Tower of London tells the story of the many exotic creatures who found a home in one of the world's most forbidding and infamous fortresses, and explores the way in which the concept of animal captivity for the purposes of entertainment, enlightenment, and science evolved over hundreds of years." "The Tower Menagerie provides survey of our changing attitudes toward animals, and a hugely entertaining journey through six centuries of British history."--BOOK JACKET.
The Medieval Natural World
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Author : Richard Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-14
The Medieval Natural World written by Richard Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-14 with History categories.
How did medieval people make sense of their surroundings, and how did this change over the years as understanding and knowledge expanded? This new Seminar Study is designed to familiarise students of medieval history with the ways in which medieval people interpreted the world around them – how they rationalised their observations, and why they developed the models for understanding that they did. Most importantly, it shows how ideas changed over the medieval period, and why. With extensive primary source material, this book builds up a picture using medieval encyclopedias, prose literature and poetry, records of estate management, agricultural treatises, scientific works, annals and chronicles, as well as the evidence from art, architecture, archaeology and the landscape itself. An excellent introduction for undergraduate students of Medieval history, or for anyone with an interest in the medieval natural world.
A Japanese Menagerie
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Author : Rosina Buckland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
A Japanese Menagerie written by Rosina Buckland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
"There is a long and vital tradition in East Asian art of animal painting. In Japan, pictures of animals have often been imbued with human characteristics for humorous, even satirical purposes. Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) was a highly individualistic painter of the late Edo and early Meiji eras, his career spanning from the end of the feudal system to the beginnings of rapid modernization. His name meant 'crazy studio' and in the 1860s he developed a new genre of 'crazy pictures' (kyoga). Kyosai's works range from painstakingly detailed painted works, to spontaneous and inspired sketches dashed off while drinking prodigious amounts of sake. Many of his designs were made into popular colour prints and illustrated books. Kyosai found an important source of inspiration for his art in the example of the medieval monk-painter Toba Sojo (Kakuyu, 1053-1140), whose comic sketches of animals were thought to satirise the pretensions of the society of his time. In a similar way, Kyosai often made animals the agents for his own light-hearted commentary on the new Meiji Japan. This book illustrates seventy-two of Kyosai's most colourful and comic pictures of animals, from cats to mice, and frogs to elephants. Beautifully designed, and with three short introductory chapters on the artist and his work, and a foreword by Israel Goldman, this is a perfect introduction to the weird and wonderful animal-inhabited world of Kyosai"--Publisher's description.
A Cultural History Of Animals In The Medieval Age
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Author : Linda Kalof
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
A Cultural History Of Animals In The Medieval Age written by Linda Kalof and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Animals and civilization categories.
Medieval Pets
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Author : Kathleen Walker-Meikle
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2012
Medieval Pets written by Kathleen Walker-Meikle and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature.