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Animals in Art. Albrecht Durer. Pablo Picasso. George Stubbs. Throughout history artists have always created drawings and paintings of animals. Animals in Art. Stone Age men decorated their caves with the images of the animals that they hunted for food and encountered.
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Throughout history artists have always created drawings and paintings of animals.
Animals in Art • Stone Age men decorated their caves with the images of the animals that they hunted for food and encountered. • These paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old! Lascaux Caves, France
Animals in Art • The Ancient Egyptian artists depicted many of their gods with the heads of animals.
Animals in Art • Examples of tribal art from every continent combine animal and human features to symbolize man's bond with his natural environment.
Animals in Art • In the Middle Ages, artists used mythical beasts to decorate medieval manuscripts while commonplace creatures often took on secret symbolic associations.
Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528 • This famous Renaissance Saw animals as though they were worthy of attention.
Animals in Art • In the 17th century art, hunting scenes illustrating dramatic life and death struggles between man and beast, became a popular subject.
Animals in Art, George Stubbs • 18th century artists chose to celebrate the natural beauty and majestic power of animals in their natural habitats.
Animals in Art, Sir Edwin Landseer, Distinguished Member of the Human Society • In the 19th century, Victorian artists painted sentimental pictures of their domestic pets and livestock.
Animals in Art • The artists of the 20th century explored the entire range of animal genres and invented a few more of their own.
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