Masters Of Animals

Download or read book Masters of Animals written by Anne Chapman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologist and filmmaker Chapman (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) describes the distinctive tales and beliefs of a native people who have maintained their traditional life in the tropical forests of central Honduras, as related by one member. Accessible to general readers. Translated from Enfants de la Mort (1978). Paper edition (unseen), $17. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography written by Derek B. Counts and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbolic representations of both female and male protagonists in conflict with, accompanied by or transmuted partly or completely into, animals. Adversarial relationships are made explicit through hunting and sacrifice scenes, including heraldic compositions featuring a central figure grasping beasts arrayed on either side, while more implicit expressions are manifested in zoomorphic attributes (horns, headdresses, skins, etc.) and composite or hybrid figures that blend animal and human elements into a single image. While the so-called Mistress of Animals has attracted significant scholarly attention, her male counterpart, the Master of Animals, so far has not been accorded a correspondingly comprehensive synthetic study. In an effort to fill this gap in scholarship, The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography assembles archaeological, iconographical, and literary evidence for the Master of Animals from a variety of cultural contexts and disparate chronological horizons throughout the Old World, with a particular focus on Europe and the Mediterranean basin as well as the Indus Valley and Eurasia. The volume does not seek to demonstrate relatedness between different manifestations of this fi gure, even though some are clearly ontologically and geographically linked, but rather to interpret the role of this iconographic construct within each cultural context. In doing so, it provides an important resource for scholars confronting similar symbolic paradigms across the Old World landscape that foregrounds comparative interpretation in diverse ritual and socio-political environments.

Download or read book Yamotfabaata written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are Masters of the Fish and Birds and All the Animals is the first monograph from Shane Rocheleau, and the second project from Gnomic Book.

Download or read book Animals and Their Masters written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Download or read book Animals and Their Masters written by Sir Arthur Helps and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drawing Animals written by Norman Adams and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring illustrations show how to draw all kinds of wild and domestic animals. Contents: • 1. Elephants • 2. Bears • 3. Horses • 4. Cattle • 5. Deer • 6. Sheep • 7. Primates • 8. Cats • 9. Dogs • 10. Small Animals

Download or read book Masters of Disguise written by Rebecca L. Johnson and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game—and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet the scientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.