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Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Pages in category "Swans in art" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
As with the earlier Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Swans Reflecting Elephants uses the reflection in a lake to create the double image seen in the painting. In Metamorphosis, the reflection of Narcissus is used to mirror the shape of the hand on the right of the picture. Here, the three swans in front of bleak, leafless trees are reflected in the ...
It has been proposed that Leonardo's Chatsworth sketch for Leda and the Swan (pictured) may have been inspired by the Laocoön Group, the ancient sculpture discovered in 1506: there is a similar twist to the subject's body; the curve of the swan's neck recalls the snake's lithe body in Laocoön's hand; the rape by Zeus evokes the forceful ...
The swan was "cemented in the imagination as a creature of romance for a whole generation of impressionable working class suburban kids". The anthropomorphic projection may not have been entirely random; [2] swans are believed to take a mate for life, and the graceful white birds might symbolize monogamous felicity. [2]
There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life , although separation sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another.
Drawing for the Glass Hallucination in Hitchcock's Film "Moontide (the House of Dr. Edwards)" (1941) The Eye of Time (1941) The Face of War – Drawing for the Nightmare Scene in the Film "Moontide" (1941) Honey is Sweeter than Blood (1941) The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
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The neck of a male trumpeter may be twice as long as the neck of a tundra swan. [3] The tundra swan can be further distinguished by its yellow lores. However, some trumpeter swans have yellow lores; many of these individuals appear to be leucistic and have paler legs than typical trumpeters. [24]