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.
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