Heads - Moai of Easter Island - Olmec - Sri Lanka

Moai statues found on Rapa Nui on Easter Island

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Olmec Heads

Olmec People lived between 1200 and 400 B.C (so between 3,300 and 2500 years ago) along Mexico’s Gulf Coast

Carved Buddah Figures Sri Lanka

Reclining and Seated Buddah Carvings Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka

Temple Lion Carvings from Sri Lanka

interesting Doors and Doorways - Barcelona - on buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi

 Antoni Gaudi was an Architect who was born and lived in Barcelona in Spain. He designed a number of buildings around Barcelona including the amazing Sagrada Familia.

He was inspired by nature and natural forms and his buildings and details on his buildings are pretty unique. Here are some doors and windows

Medieval Book Illustrations and Manuscript Illustrations Animals and Mythical Creatures

 

The camel in a medieval bestiary (England 2nd quarter of the 13th century)

The amphivena

Detail of a basilisk killing a man with its gaze and being attacked by a weasel 12th Century

Basilisk wearing a crown

The leucrota is somewhat confusingly described as having the rear parts of a stag, and the chest and legs of a lion, but with cloven hooves. Its most distinctive characteristic is its charming wide-mouthed grin, which stretches across its head. Its teeth are single, continuous pieces of bone, and it is capable of imitating the sound of a human voice.

Bestiary and Lapidary ('the Rochester Bestiary') 12th - 14th Century

Detail of a hell-mouth with three beasts, a devil and many souls inside

Tapestry 

https://www.thecultureconcept.com/book-of-beasts-the-bestiary-in-the-medieval-world-getty

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-bestiary-allegories

A Bonnacon, from Kongelige Bibliotek

Early drawing of a Crocodile

https://forwardtopast.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/10-weird-medieval-beasts/

http://facsimilium.blogspot.com/2014/07/creatures-from-medieval-bestiaries-12th_3007.html

Luttrell Psalter, 14th century.

https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/03/28/the-unexpected-relevance-of-medieval-monsters/

Japanese Prints and Woodcuts of Dragons and Mythical Creatures

 

Utagawa Toyokuni, Black and Green Dragon, 

Woodcut Print on Paper 

Japanese, Edo period, 1615–1868.

Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, Blue Dragon 2012

Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, Blue Dragon 2012

Dragon no8 Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, 2007

European Woodcut Dragon 15th Century

Tamatori escaping from the Dragon King 

wood block print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1853

UTAGAWA-KUNIYOSHI-1798-1861

WARRIORS 1850 woodblock print

Samurai Warrior in a Dragon Robe by Kuniyoshi Utagawa 

 Japanese Woodblock Print 19th Century

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Woodcut 1825

Dragon And Tiger

Utagawa Sadahide,  (1807-1873)

Yoshitsuya (1822 – 1866) 

Fire Breathing Demon
 approx 1860

More Japanese Print Dragons click to see

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Earth Spider, c. 1847–1852, triptych, woodblock print, 

Sukioka Yoshitoshi, Moon of Musashi Plain, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1892, woodblock print

New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji

Utagawa Hiroshige 1857

see also

12 Zodiac Animals in Japanese Art

Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print

Ne Brigade, Ninth Group, Nekomatabashi (Monster Cat Bridge)

Kitsune Woodcut Print date and Artist unknown