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Gyotaku print of a fish. 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 ...
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 ...
Ch‘ing 1 -ming 2 Shang 4 -ho 2 T‘u 2. Along the River During the Qingming Festival ( simplified Chinese: 清明上河图; traditional Chinese: 清明上河圖; pinyin: Qingming Shanghe Tu) is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) and copied or recreated many times in the following centuries. It ...
Henri Matisse in 1913 and his 1912 Goldfish painting. French visual artist Henri Matisse was known for his use of color and draughtsmanship. In the early 20th century, Matisse became a leader of the Fauvism art movement, which was an early movement in the broader Post-impressionist era. After a trip to Morocco in 1912 Matisse employed goldfish ...
Dimensions. 77.2 cm × 98.4 cm (30.4 in × 38.7 in) Location. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Fish Magic is a 1925 Surrealist painting by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. The painting belonged to the collection of Walter and Louise Arensberg before being donated in 1950 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art where it is currently held.
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 ...