02004cam a2200325 i 4500 375986927 TxAuBib 20190415120000.0 181019s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018190234 9780500480236 24.95 0500480230 24.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Masters, Christopher. Bestiary [BOOK] : animals in art from the Ice Age to our age / Christopher Masters. New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2018. 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 248) and index. Drawing on the world-leading scholarship and vast collections of the British Museum, Bestiary is a wonderful visual, thematic exploration of animals-real, surreal, and imaginary-as depicted on beautiful ritual objects and works of art. Famous masterpieces mix with little-seen artifacts from every age and around the globe. Arranged thematically into five chapters (wild, domestic, exotic, symbolic, and hybrids and mythical creatures), this 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 nineteenth-century print of English domestic feline bliss; a miniature Ice Age mammoth sits with an ancient engraved drawing of a horse; a Minoan acrobat leaps onto the back of a 3,500-year-old bull. Provided by publisher. 20190415. Animals in art. Animals, Mythical, in art. British Museum.