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The release mount concept quickly gained momentum as an alternative to traditional taxidermy. Over the years Douglas has encouraged anglers to bring in overall length measurements, photos and other information about the released fish, such as the number of spots on a redfish, which are then incorporated into the mount.
The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art, although the culture of Thera was somewhat different from that of Crete, and the political relationship between the two islands at the time ...
Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "stone impression") is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. The gyotaku method of printmaking uses fish, sea creatures, or ...
The Treachery of Images (French: La Trahison des Images) is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is also known as This Is Not a Pipe [2], Ceci n'est pas une pipe [2] and The Wind and the Song. [3] Magritte painted it when he was 30 years old. It is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife is the most famous image in Kinoe no Komatsu, published in three volumes from 1814. The book is a work of shunga ( erotic art) within the ukiyo-e genre. [1] The image depicts a woman, evidently an ama (a shell diver), enveloped in the limbs of two octopuses. The larger of the two mollusks performs cunnilingus ...
Art Institute of Chicago: Self-portrait: 1865–66: 108.9 × 71.1: Art Institute of Chicago: Portrait of Édouard Blau: 1866: 59.5 x 43.2: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: Still life with Fish: 1866: 63.5 x 81.9: Detroit Institute of Arts: Young Italian Girl Street Singer: 1866: Musée Fabre, Montpellier: The Little Gardener: c.1866–67 ...
The tunnels—painted with murals, or acting as art galleries, in some cases—connect the homes to the ocean, making it easier to get from one part of the estate to the other.
Overview. Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a leading 19th-century Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer.His bold experimentation with color directly influenced modern art in the 20th century while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the ...