Beasts of Antiquity

Beasts of Antiquity

Author: Matthew P. Martyniuk

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08-30

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780988596559

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Beasts of Antiquity explores our ever-changing views about the animals of the prehistoric world - how they were related, how they looked, and how they lived. Stem-Birds In the Solnhofen Limestone details the fossil bird-line archosaur species known the Solnhofen Archipelago of Bavaria. From their history of princes, duchesses, and conquring armies, to the diversity of these spectaculrly preserved fossils, Stem-Birds In the Solnhofen Limestone brings the world of these ancient creatures to life. Featuring full-color illustrations of each species as well as photographs and historical reproductions, Stem-Birds In the Solnhofen Limestone offers a complete summary of the history, geology, and state-of-the-art paleontology of the bird lineage in one spectacular Jurassic ecosystem.


A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs

A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs

Author: Matthew P. Martyniuk

Publisher: Pan Aves

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0988596504

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A field guide to mesozoic birds and other winged dinosaurs is a comprehensive guide to the diverse species comprising the evolutionary transition from the first dinosaurs with true, feathered wings in the mid-Jurassic period, 160 million years ago, to the late Cretaceous period and the first modern birds [...]. --from publisher.


Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity

Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity

Author: Sarah Béthune

Publisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9782390611035

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Not satisfied with what nature offered, human beings wanted to go beyond reality and invented mysterious and intriguing creatures populating their world. During Antiquity, every culture had its own strange creatures, that mixed the forms of one or more animal, plant and human species in an infinite number of more-or-less fanciful combinations. Griffins, sphinxes, mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, pygmies, werewolves, winged monsters and unspeakable hybrids, fantastic beasts abound in the imagination of many populations throughout Antiquity. Most of them continue to live, sometimes transformed, through fairy tales, literature, movies and videogames. Faced with the abundance and variety of the ancient fantastic bestiary, the questions that come to mind are: Where do fantastic beasts come from? How do they appear in different cultures? What is their history, how did they survive until now? And above all, what are fantastic beasts? This book will explore these questions through the lens of archaeology, art history, philology and philosophy. The result is a hybrid book, precisely like the fantastic animals that constitute its object, a book which offers different approaches of analysis while being aware that our means are often vain to capture these elusive figures, which ultimately are more like us than they seem. Man, like Oedipus, will often prove to be more monstrous than the Sphinx...


Wild Beasts & Idle Humours

Wild Beasts & Idle Humours

Author: Daniel N. Robinson

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Daniel Robinson, a distinguished historian of psychology, has pored over centuries of written law, statements by legal commentators, summaries of crimes, and punishments, to glean from these sources an understanding of epochal views of responsibility and competence. From the Greek phrenesis to the Roman notions of furiosus and non compos mentis, from the seventeenth-century witch trials to today's interpretation of mens rea, Robinson takes us through the intricate history of how the insanity defense has been construed as a meeting point of the law and those professions that chart human behavior and conduct, namely, religion, medicine, and psychology. The result is a rare historical account of "insanity" within western civilization.


Mythical Beasts

Mythical Beasts

Author: John F. Cherry

Publisher: Pomegranate Communications

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Born of the imagination, mythical beasts are the subjects of myriad myths, legends, and stories and have been reproduced in art forms ranging from ancient tapestries to modern corporate logos. This richly illustrated book draws on a wide variety of sources to illuminate the roles mythical beasts -- especially the dragon, the unicorn, the griffin, and the sphinx -- have played in many different cultures, showing why they have retained their appeal through the ages. An invaluable resource. -- The Classical Outlook An exciting contribution to any folklore and mythological studies collection. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch


Gorgeous Beasts

Gorgeous Beasts

Author: Joan B. Landes

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2012-09-28

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0271061421

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Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered here examine a rich variety of ways animals contribute to culture: as living things, as scientific specimens, as food, weapons, tropes, and occasions for thought and creativity. History and culture set the terms for this inquiry. As history changes, so do the ways animals participate in culture. Gorgeous Beasts offers a series of discontinuous but probing studies of the forms their participation takes. This collection presents the work of a wide range of scholars, critics, and thinkers from diverse disciplines: philosophy, literature, history, geography, economics, art history, cultural studies, and the visual arts. By approaching animals from such different perspectives, these essays broaden the scope of animal studies to include specialists and nonspecialists alike, inviting readers from all backgrounds to consider the place of animals in history and art. Combining provocative critical insights with arresting visual imagery, Gorgeous Beasts advances a challenging new appreciation of animals as co-inhabitants and co-creators of culture. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Dean Bavington, Ron Broglio, Mark Dion, Erica Fudge, Cecilia Novero, Harriet Ritvo, Nigel Rothfels, Sajay Samuel, and Pierre Serna.


Beasts and Birds of the Middle Ages

Beasts and Birds of the Middle Ages

Author: Willene B. Clark

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1512805513

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The medieval bestiary, or moralized book of beasts, has enjoyed immense popularity over the centuries and it continues to influence both literature and art. This collection of essays aims to demonstrate the scope and variety of bestiary studies and the ways in which the medieval bestiary can be addressed. The contributors write about the tradition of one of the bestiary's birds, Parisian production of the manuscripts, bestiary animals in a liturgical book, theological as well as secular interpretations of beasts, bestiary creatures in literature, and new perspectives on the bestiary in other genres.


Beasts and Beauties

Beasts and Beauties

Author: Juliana Schiesari

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 080209922X

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Beasts and Beauties examines the relationship between domesticity and power by focusing on the contemporaneous development of the invention of the 'pet' and the delineation of the home as a uniquely private enclosure, where the pater familias ruled over his own secluded world of domesticated wife, children, servants, and animals.