Animals in Arts and Literatures - UPLB

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Answers:1.Fable2.Prehistoric3.Egypt4.Symbol5.Horses6.Aesop7.Zodiac8.Renaissance9.Horus10.Aesthetic

ANIMALSinarts

Mastodon bone inscribed with the image of a mastodon.

ANIMALS- Main focus of art

- spontaneous desire to decorate objects

- to makeimages from nature and magical superstitions- reasons why images of animals hunted by people are seen sculpted in caves

Auditorium Cave, IndiaThe Cave of Lascaux, France

Prehistoricarts

Egyptianarts

ANIMALS- remain and seem closer to eternal life

- represent deities or themselves are gods- used as symbols in Hieroglyphs

Horus

Hathor

ANIMALS- are simplified and stylized monumentally

with the Assyrians’ grandiose stone reliefs- depict interaction with humans, nature, etc.

Assyrianarts

Stone reliefs in Iraq

Greekarts

HORSES- most prominent focus of Greek arts

- painted or sculptured on vases

- prototypes of nobles

Greek Horse. Terracotta.

Ex voto Horse and Rider : Terracotta..

Christian

artsANIMALS

- used as symbols

Fish symbolizes Christ

The Apostles are often shown as lambsPeacocks represent the immortality of

soul

ANIMALS

used as symbols

Zodiac Signs

Chinese ZodiacNative American symbols (Nazca lines in Peru)

ANIMALS- became the main theme of the artists

without decorative or symbolic pretext

- painted and sculptured for their own sake

Nomades by Paul Lee

Renaissancearts

Lion by Albrecht Durer

Modernarts

ANIMALS- are used as models in different artworks—drawn in text books, represented in pictures, served as motifs for human aesthetic activities, and so on.

ANIMALSinliteratures

Short History18th Century- moral allegories turned to social satire and animal no longer represented the gods but portrayed human foibles and political corruption.

19th Century- Tales of animal abuse arose, in which animals were seen as the victims of human greed, ignorance, and industrialization.

17th Century- animals provide guidance, social commentary, moral authority and sympathy in fiction, often giving voice to the silenced and oppressed.

20th Century - Presentmany writers turned to old animal stories and genres to produce new works dealing with themes of paranoia, alienation, and futility.

In readers, animals can create:- Empathy- Sympathy- Humor- Fun- interest

Why authors include animals in their stories?- They like animals- They want to add emotions- They can connect with the readers- To target certain audience

Authors pick specific animals because of:- Their settings- Their

habitats- Their

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Fables- Literary compositions that tell conflicts between animals

- Use animals as the characters of the stories

A Short History of Animals in Literature: http://voyagerblog.com.au/2011/09/01/a-short-history-of-animals-in-literature/

India Travel: December 2009: http://myindiantravel.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

Animals in Medieval Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/best/hd_best.htm

Animal Symbolism in Many Cultures: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/animals2.htm

Animals In Literature: http://www.slideshare.net/mrkimmi/animals-in-literature

Animals in Art: http://www.erudit.org/culture/va1081917/va1209623/55248ac.pdf

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