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The Master of Animals, Lord of Animals, or Mistress of the Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals. [1] The motif is very widespread in the art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. The figure may be female or male, it may be a column or a symbol, the animals may be realistic or fantastical ...
Confronted animals, or animals intertwined in very intricate patterns, often depicted grabbing at each other to form the "gripping beast" pattern, are a main feature of some periods of Viking art. So intertwined are the animals, they are dissolved into pure ornament, and the individuals are barely discernable from each other.
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat Smilodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Early Holocene, 2.5–0.01 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted S. populator skeleton at Tellus Science Museum Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
"Animal style" deer, (8-7th century BC) Arzhan kurgan, Tuva. Ordos culture, belt buckle, 3rd–1st century BC. Animal style art is an approach to decoration found from Ordos culture to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, and the barbarian art of the Migration Period, characterized by its emphasis on animal motifs.
The Golden State Warriors lost their NBA Cup game against the Denver Nuggets 119-115 on Tuesday night, and head coach Steve Kerr was not happy with the way it ended.
A tortoise at the back door of a house or in the backyard by a pond is said to attract good fortune and many blessings. Three tortoises stacked on top of each other represent a mother and her babies. [37] In Daoist art, the tortoise is an emblem of the triad of earth-humankind-heaven. [38] The tortoise is a symbol of longevity. [2]
In the first half of 2024, shelters experienced fewer animals coming in but longer stays, leading to an increase of more than 320,000 pets in facilities nationwide, according to Shelter Animals Count.