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The term is also used to describe north Indian carpets, originally of the late Mughal era in the late 17th and 18th century. However these have large numbers of small flowers in repeating units, often either springing unrealistically from long-ranging twisting stems, or arranged geometrically in repeating bunches or clusters.
Garland of Flowers with Bird and a Butterfly is a c.1650-1670 still life oil on canvas painting, now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The eponymous animals in the centre are a great tit (top), a nine-primaried oscine (bottom) and a peacock butterfly . [ 1 ]
Bird-and-flower painting by Cai Han and Jin Xiaozhu, c. 17th century.. The huaniaohua is proper of 10th century China; and the most representative artists of this period are Huang Quan (哳㥳) (c. 900 – 965), who was an imperial painter for many years, and Xu Xi (徐熙) (937–975), who came from a prominent family but had never entered into officialdom.
Vase of Flowers: Simon Pietersz Verelst: 1670 Cleveland Museum of Art: 68 Flowers in a Glass Vase: Dirck de Bray: 1671 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: M.2009.106.4 69 Still Life with Flowers: Dirck de Bray: 1674 private collection: 70 Still Life with Walnuts, Tobacco and Wine: Hubert van Ravesteyn: 1671 Art Gallery of Ontario: 71 Still-Life ...
Cradock was an English painter, noted for his depictions of birds, dead game, and other animals. [3] He was born in Somerton, Somerset and moved to London, where he served an apprenticeship to a house-painter. He was, however, self-taught as an artist, [3] becoming skilled in the depiction of birds and animals.
Jacobean embroidery refers to embroidery styles that flourished in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the 17th century. The term is usually used today to describe a form of crewel embroidery used for furnishing characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches with two-ply wool yarn on linen.
On textiles, birds were often inspired by paintings, literature, and by observation the natural surroundings; textiles which show birds paired with flowers originated from huaniaohua paintings, which were already popular during the Tang dynasty before gaining more social significance near the end of the Northern Song dynasty.
Still life of flowers in a gilt urn on a stone ledge. Pieter Casteels III [a] (1684–1749) was a Flemish painter and engraver mainly known for his flower pieces, game pieces and bird scenes. [1] He spent a significant portion of his life in England where he had a varied career as a still life painter, printmaker and textile designer.