‎Rauzier Jean François‎
‎Animals‎

‎Animals and Animated Objects in the Early Middle Ages‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 206 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:30 b/w, 37 col., 8 tables b/w., 6 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503600901.‎

‎Summary Since time immemorial, animals have played crucial roles in people's lives. In Continental and Northern Europe, especially in the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, animals were both feared and revered. Varying and often ambivalent perceptions of fauna were expressed through everyday practices, religious beliefs, and the zoomorphic ornamentation of a wide plethora of objects that ranged from jewellery, weapons, and equestrian equipment to wagons and ships. This timely volume critically investigates the multivalence of animals in medieval archaeology, literature, and art in order to present human attitudes to creatures such as bears, horses, dogs, and birds in a novel and interdisciplinary way. The chapters gathered together here explore the prominence of animals, animal parts, and their various visual representations in domestic spaces and the wider public arena, on the battlefield, and in an array of ritual practices, but also examine the importance of zoomorphic art for emerging elites at a time of social and political tensions across Scandinavia and the oft-overlooked Western Slavic and Baltic societies. This innovative book draws together scholars from across Europe in order to pave the way for a nuanced international and interdisciplinary dialogue that has the capacity to substantially increase our perception of human and animal worlds of the Early Middle Ages. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1. Animals and Animated Objects in Early Medieval Worlds: An Introduction Leszek Garde?a and Kamil Kajkowski 2. Bear Phalanges and Bearskins in Graves of the First Millennnium AD: Cultural Developments and Characteristics of a Unique Burial Custom in Central and Northern Europe Sebastian Beermann 3. What Could Birds do for the Dead? Animals and Humans in the Mortuary Practices of Viking Age Ribe Sarah Croix 4. Between Life and Death: Waterfowl in Viking Age Funerary Practices Klaudia Karpi?ska 5. Exploring Animals as Agents and Objects in Early Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia Harriet J. Evans Tang and Keith Ruiter 6. Horse Burials on Viking Age Gotland: Between Mounted Warriors and Totemic Animals Matthias S. Toplak 7. Horses and Burial Rites in the Early Piast State and Pomerania Jerzy Sikora 8. Riders on the Storm: Decorative Horse Bridles in the Early Piast State and Pomerania Leszek Garde?a and Kamil Kajkowski 9. Between the Beasts: On the Meaning and Function of Small Quadruped Figurines from Estonia T nno Jonuks and Tuuli Kurisoo‎

‎MARVELOUS MENAGERIE : Animals in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces ‎

‎, Pie Books, 2024 PB, 228 x 182 mm, 224 p, throughout colored illustrations ; ENG./ JAP., edition, NEW. ISBN 9784756258021.‎

‎A large collection of animals that appear in ukiyo-e prints from the Edo Period, from pets to rare animals! Following the global hits Something Wicked from Japan and Once more unto the breach comes the third title in the Ukiyo-e Masterpieces Series! This time, read and understand the world of ukiyo-e from the perspective of animals. In ukiyo-e, many animals that interact with humans are depicted. Beginning with cats, dogs, and rabbits, we move on to ferocious tigers and elephants, imported camels, peacocks, and parrots, and even to fantastical beasts. This book introduces numerous charming works through interesting chapters such as "Pets of the Edo Period," "Working Animals," "Rare Animals" and more. Featuring 140 gorgeous works by famous ukiyo-artists including Utamaro, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi and others, depicting cute, funny, and at times suspicious animals. Those who like Japanese culture will love this book! And of course it's also great for animal lovers, too. The customs of the Edo Period, when humans and animals lived side-by-side, are now vividly brought back to life.‎

‎Picturing Animals in Early Modern Europe: Art and Soul‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2022 Hardback, 296 pages, Size:225 x 300 mm, Illustrations:165 col., Language: English. ISBN 9781912554324.‎

‎Summary Do animals other than humans have consciousness? Do they knowingly feel and think, rather than simply respond to stimuli? Can they be said to have their own subjectivity? These questions, which are still debated today, arose forcefully in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when empirical approaches to defining and studying the natural world were coming to the fore. Philosophers, physicians and moralists debated the question of whether the immaterial ?soul?--which in the early modern era encompassed all forms of thought and subjective experience?belonged to the human mind alone, or whether it could also exist in the material bodies of nonhuman animals. This book argues that early modern visual art offers uniquely probing and nuanced demonstrations of animal consciousness and agency. The questions that impelled the early modern debates over animal soul are used as a guide to examine a range of works produced in different media by artists in Germany, the Netherlands, northern Italy, and France. Manipulating the matter of their respective mediums, artists emphasized animals' substantial existence, and a number of them explicitly connected their own role as painters, sculptors, or graphic artists with the life force of animal matter. As nature's protagonists, the animals in these artworks assume many different kinds of roles, often quite subtle and hard to construe. When studied as a group, they offer striking insight into how early moderns struggled to define and depict the animal ?soul.? TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Nature's Protagonists Introduction Chapter One: The Sensitive Soul Chapter Two: Matter into Life Chapter Three: Titian's Characters Chapter Four: Montaigne and the Earthly Paradise Part Two: Animal Drama in the Netherlands Introduction Chapter Five: Exemplary Animal Lives Chapter Six: The Debate Over Animal Soul Chapter Seven: Life and Death Part Three: The Courtly Animal Introduction Chapter Eight: Animals in the Salon Chapter Nine: Animals at Versailles Chapter Ten: Interspecies Transformations Conclusion Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index‎

‎Creatures of earth, water and sky. Essays on Animals in Ancient Egypt and Nubia.‎

‎<p>Ancient Egyptians always had an intense and complex relationship with animals in daily life as well as in religion. Despite the fact that research on this relationship has been a topic of study, gaps in our knowledge still remain. This volume presents well over 30 contributions that explore Human-Animal relationships from the Predynastic to the Roman period. The essays cover topics such as animal husbandry, mummification, species-specific studies, the archaeology and economy of the animal cults, funerary practices, iconography and symbolism. The contribution of archaeometrical methods, such as DNA analyses, balms’ analyses, AMS dating, radiography, and 3D imaging, are also represented as these play a significant role in furthering our understanding of the human-animal relationship in Egypt. The range of subject matter and contributors are indicative of the importance of animals and the role that they played in ancient Egypt and Nubia, and emphasises the need for continued inter- and multidisciplinary studies on the subject. The research outlined in this volume has helped, for example, to better identify ways of sourcing the animals used in mummification, contributed to establishing the eras during which animal mummification became common, and highlighted new techniques for acquiring DNA. The fresh insights and diversity of topics makes the volume of interest for professionals (Egyptologists, (archaeo-)zoologists and historians), as well as those who are interested in Egyptology and in the relationship between humans and animals. ‘Creatures of Earth, Water and Sky’ is the result of the first international conference ever dedicated to animals in ancient Egypt and Nubia (the International Symposium on Animals in Ancient Egypt, ISAAE 1, June 1-3 2016, held in Lyon). </p> Leiden, 2019 Side 356 p., broché. 21 x 28‎

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‎Pamela Matthews. The Zen of Animals Zen Animals. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)‎

‎Pamela Matthews. The Zen of Animals Zen Animals. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Pamela Matthews. The Zen of Animals Dzen zhivotnykh. Blue Angel Publishing 2021 (ISBN978-1-64671-061-4 / 9781646710614) This deck is based on the unity of creation and works with the symbolism quirks and strengths of 36 animals to awaken understanding and clarity We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb057fa637ec324b26‎