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  2. Representation of animals in Western medieval art - Wikipedia

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    The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.

  3. Animal-made art - Wikipedia

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    Animal-made art consists of works by non-human animals, that have been considered by humans to be artistic, including visual works, music, photography, and videography. Some of these are created naturally by animals, often as courtship displays , while others are created with human involvement.

  4. Master of Animals - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Ethiopian talismanic scrolls - Wikipedia

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    19th century Ethiopian Healing Scroll from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scroll made of animal hide and pigment, W. 6 x L. 78 in. (15.24 x 198.12 cm). [12] The iconography of the scrolls includes important symbols, common colors, and the association between gaze and eyes. Talismans and representational images coexist on most scrolls. [13]

  6. San rock art - Wikipedia

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    Their ancient rock paintings and carvings (collectively called rock art) are found in caves and on rock shelters. The artwork depicts non-human beings, hunters, and half-human half-animal hybrids. The half-human hybrids are believed to be medicine men or healers involved in a healing dance. [1]

  7. Angono Petroglyphs - Wikipedia

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    It consists of 127 human and animal figures engraved on the rockwall probably carved during the late Neolithic, or before 2000 BC. They are the oldest known work of art in the Philippines . [ 1 ] These inscriptions clearly show stylized human figures, frogs and lizards , along with other designs that may have depicted other interesting figures ...

  8. Serpent symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Its divine aspect combined with its habitat in the earth between the roots of plants made it an animal with chthonic properties connected to the afterlife and immortality. The deified Greek physician Asclepius, as god of medicine and healing, carried a staff with one serpent wrapped around it, which has become the symbol of modern medicine.

  9. Caladrius - Wikipedia

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    The difficulties of using live animals on live television provided most of the humor for the few seconds of the bird's appearance. [ 5 ] In the video game Age of Mythology: The Titans , a myth unit available to the Atlanteans is the Caladria, which serves as a flying scout and healer, though it more closely resembled an angel than a bird.