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【Bestiary : Animals in Art from the Ice Age to Our Age (British Museum)】

《藝術中的珍奇異獸：從冰河時期到現代》

@英國Thames & Hudson原文書

@全彩軟式精裝/256頁/開本17.0 x 19.0 cm

@作者：Christopher Masters

本書介紹世界各地不同年代跟動物相關的文物與藝術作品；按章節分類，這些珍禽異獸有些是真實的、有些是超現實的、有些是想像出來的，其中有些作品家喻戶曉，另有一些鮮為人知。

作者Christopher Master提供清晰而豐富的導覽，幫助讀者連結藝術作品與各種文明的內涵……

Contents List

1. Introduction 2. Animals of the Wild 3. Domestic 4. Exotic 5. Symbolic 6. Hybrids & Mythical Creatures 7. Further reading 8. List of Illustration References 9. Index

Bestiary is a wonderfully visual, thematic exploration of animals – real, surreal and imaginary – as depicted on beautiful ritual objects and works of art. Famous artworks mix with little-seen artefacts from every age and around the globe, offering a fresh perspective and new comparisons to stimulate the mind.

Art historian Christopher Masters is a clear and informative guide, illuminating familiar masterpieces and bringing lesser-known treasures into the light. Arranged thematically into five chapters, his book depicts animals in intelligent pairings and groupings of images that encourage the reader to find and learn the cultural context and connections between the origins of many different civilizations. An ancient Egyptian bronze divine cat sits next to a 19th-century print of English domestic feline bliss; a miniature Ice Age mammoth faces an ancient engraved drawing of a horse; the royal lion hunt is played across the walls of Ashurbanipal’s palace in Assyrian Nineveh; a Minoan acrobat leaps onto the back of a 3,500-year-old bull; while a Roman marble gives vivid life to the Persian legend of Mithras and the Bull.