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English: Skeleton of a dog: A – Cervical or Neck Bones (7 in number).B – Dorsal or Thoracic Bones (13 in number, each bearing a rib).C – Lumbar Bones (7 in number).D – Sacral Bones (3 in number).
Detail of the dog Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Wedding (1434). Generally, dogs symbolize faith and loyalty. [11] A dog, when included in an allegorical painting, portrays the attribute of fidelity personified. [12] In a portrait of a married couple, a dog placed in a woman's lap or at her feet can represent marital fidelity.
Diana Thorne's Dog-Basket, A Series of Etchings (1930) [7] [8] Your Dogs and Mine (1932) [9] [10] ABC of Dogs (1938) Around the World with Children and Dogs (1940) [11] Drawing Dogs (1940) [12] Dogs: An Album of Drawings (1944) [13] [14] Cats and More Cats (1945) [15] Cats, in Prose and Verse (1947) [16] How to Draw the Dog: A Technical ...
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (Italian: Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio), sometimes called Dog on a Leash [2] or Leash in Motion, [3] is a 1912 oil painting by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla. [4] It was influenced by the artist's fascination with chronophotographic studies of animals in motion.
The dog is an early form of the breed now known as the Affenpinscher. [9] The painting is signed, inscribed and dated on the wall above the mirror: "Johannes de eyck fuit hic 1434" ("Jan van Eyck was here 1434"). The inscription looks as if it were painted in large letters on the wall, as was done with proverbs and other phrases at this period.
Blue Period with Banjo, Polaroid ER print by William Wegman, 1980 Volcano by Wegman, 1988, acrylic and oil on canvas, Honolulu Museum of Art. William Wegman (born December 2, 1943) is an American artist best known for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners in various costumes and poses.
Detail showing the dog with what appears to be a nautilus rather than a dye murex A Phoenician coin depicting the legend of the dog biting the sea snail. The painting shows a scene from an origin myth in the Onomasticon (a collection of names, similar to a thesaurus) of Julius Pollux, a 2nd-century Graeco-Roman sophist.
Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.