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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 ...
Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s and were excavated in considerable quantities by local people, "wild tribesmen who did not encourage the competition of qualified excavators", [10] and taken through networks of dealers, latterly illegally, to Europe or America, without information about the contexts in which they were found. [11]
Pages in category "Animals in art" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Master of Animals; N. Nile mosaic of Palestrina; Nilotic ...
The reverse of the handle shows a Master of Animals motif: two confronted lions, flanking a central figure (note confronted dogs and other animals below) Confronted animals , or confronted-animal as an adjective , where two animals face each other in a symmetrical pose, is an ancient bilateral motif in art and artifacts studied in archaeology ...
Seated woman of Çatalhöyük flanked by two lionesses. The Potnia Theron (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, romanized: Hē Pótnia Therón, lit. 'The Lady of Animals', [1] [hɛː pót.ni.a tʰɛː.rɔ̂ːn]) or Mistress of Animals is a widespread [not verified in body] motif in ancient art from the Mediterranean world and the ancient Near East, showing a central human, or human ...
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