#zoomorph

[fuzzkaizer]

Zoomorph B (also known as Monument 2), south face, date 780 AD. Discovered by Alfred Maudslay.

cred:  rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-photos-discovery-maya-ruins/

[farsi-calligraphy]

The legendary phoenix or simurgh made up of the Arabic words for strength, love, hope, rise, faith and protection: القوة ، الحب ، الأمل ، تنشأ ، الإيمان ، الحماية This type of calligraphy design is often termed a zoomorph, words creating the shape of an animal. Sometimes the words form a tightly bounded shape. In this case I preferred much looser strokes to give the feeling of the bird rising up in ecstatic flight full of strength and hope. Original calligraphy design by S J Thomas. www.worldcalligraphy.com

[dollies-corner]

Mutants & Dragons

[limerenceobject]

from: https://www.zoomorphiccleavers.com/cleavers-from-the-web

[batri-jopa]

Look at these cats and their human versions series by Gerrard Gethings (gezgethings on Instagram):

[thesilicontribesman]

Zoomorphic Iron Age Fitting, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

[yebreed]

Bird, Tiger, Serpents and a Pair of Antlers: Warring States Art Device

Another remarkable sur of the pre-Taoist period.

The sculptural group is dominated by a mighty Bird, whose wings are complemented by antlers. Some have rashly classified it as the Phoenix, according to another version it is a Crane. However, I would warn against light-minded ornithological typing. The thumbnail Tiger serves as a pedestal for the Bird, pressing two serpentine bodies with its paws. The coiled snakes are devouring a pair of fliers.

The artifact may turn out to be a drum stand common at the time. Other figurines of antlered birds standing on tigers are known. This common motif unites the spiritual animals of the Lower and Upper Worlds. The amalgamous zoomorphic imagery is probably of shamanic origin.

Antlered and winged beings were also a widespread pattern in depiction of the zhenmushou (鎮墓獸), tomb guardians. The solemn or ferocious creatures served as the owner's spiritual animals in the afterlife and guides on the ascent to Heavens.

The entire lacquered wood sculpture group is painted black with subtle gold and red ornamentation. The object was unearthed from the Tomb No. 1 in Jiuliandun (九連墩1號墓), Zaoyang, Hubei. Now it is in Hubei Provincial Museum (湖北省族館).

Photo: ©湖北省族館

[cuties-in-codices]

upside-down kiss

in an illustrated alchemical roll ("the ripley scrolls"), english/latin, late 16th or early 17th c.

source: London, British Library, Add Ms 5025, fol. 1br

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Celtic Design of Interlaced Dogs // The Tortured Poets Department (The Black Dog Variant) – Taylor Swift

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Zoomorph P at Quirigua, Guatemala, 1883.

[fuzzkaizer]

Zoomorph G, dated AD 785. The monument is now understood by scholars to represent a “Waterlily Jaguar” with human figures wearing headdresses emerging from both ends.

cred: rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-photos-discovery-maya-ruins/

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #Woodensday:

Janus or Two-headed Animal Figure, 19th-20th c.

Mambila culture (Nigeria, Cameroon)

Wood, paint

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2006.222

[dollies-corner]

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[olekciy]

Braided belts with zoomorphic buckles. Hemp, wood, amber, malachite.

[batri-jopa]

Take this letter... what's your name?

Fanart of Maurice (1987), dir. James Ivory with Mrs pigeon-Durham and Alec sparrow-Scudder

Oh no, not #bird version Maurice now! It's not my fault, voices made me do it!

@morulezopelforever happy now?

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

neolithic figurine of a ram, found in Jordanów Śląski

 Funnelbeaker Culture, 2500 BC

32 x 37 x 12 cm