10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZOOMORPHIC»
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zoomorphic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Zoomorphic: New Animal Architecture: New Animal Architecture
This is an examination of contemporary building design inspired by animals, showing the various ways in which organic and animal forms inform the architectural ones, either for structural or symbolic reasons, or sometimes purely by accident ...
Hugh Aldersey-williams, 2003
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Celtic Beasts: Animals Motifs and
Zoomorphic Design in ...
Courtney Davis, text by Dennis O'Neill and Courtney Davis Meet mythical serpents, shapeshifters, and other fantastic creatures whose origin can be traced back to the earliest northern European civilization.
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Anthropomorphic and
Zoomorphic Miniature Figures in Eurasia, ...
These papers explore the function, morphology, materiality, technology, ritual function, and context of figurines, whether made of clay, wood, metal, stone, bone or shell.
Dragos Gheorghiu, Ann Cyphers, 2010
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From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early Christian to ...
A more creative and architectural variation of the beast and snake motif involves
the use of zoomorphic mouldings. Chevron mouldings may be formed of the
bodies of snakes, as at the Nuns' Church at Clonmacnois (Fig. 7), Tuamgraney (
Co.
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Archaeometry of Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts: ...
Culture Type of object Fe Ni Cu Ag Sn Sb Au Pb Ag/Au Number Quimbaya Pin
head 0.02 — 0.9 16.5 nd nd 82.3 nd 0.20 705 lD Quimbaya Stopple of a vessel
0.02 — 14.9 7.4 0.01 0.01 77.6 nd 0.09 17465 Quimbaya Zoomorphic bead 0.02
...
David A. Scott, Pieter Meyers, 1994
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The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East
Sura 27 6 246 Plate 25, large zoomorphic h/re. Ur 37 246 Plate 26, large
zoomorphic h/re. S tone relief 297 247 Plate 27, large zoomorphic h/re 277 247
Plate 28, large zoomorphic h/re 302 248 Plate 29, large rtanding lye fro/n Irchali
329 249 ...
Richard J. Dumbrill, 2005
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The Quoit Brooch Style and Anglo-Saxon Settlement: A Casting ...
It may hence follow that zoomorphic and geometric designs are subject to the
same restriction. This may be regarded as additional support for the view that
these two classes of decoration are based on non-discrete categorisation (see
section ...
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Cognitive Foundations of Grammar
But, as already indicated in the preceding discussion, there are other models —
notably the zoomorphic model, which takes the bodies of animals as a structural
template for spatial orientation. Instances of the zoomorphic model have been ...
Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics, 1997
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Cultures in Contact: From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean ...
of the houses at Kiiltepe/karum Kanesh II contained zoomorphic vessels in the
form of complete animal figures and of animal heads (figs. 2, 3).19 Each ofthe
former has a prominent spout in the middle ofits back, whereas the latter are
either ...
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Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the ...
348-350, 428-430, 562-565 vessel stands, zoomorphic, 333-36
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin bronze strip, decorated, 200 bucket and bowl,
decorated, 252 bull's-head protome, 327, 329n.5 cauldron attachments, 28—29n.
4, 263nn.1, ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Oscar White Muscarella, 1988
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZOOMORPHIC»
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Nazca Lines: 3D Imaging reveal forms of new geoglyphs
Of the largest images includes a zoomorphic form that stretches about 20 meters long. The geoglyphs are expected to be from the late phase of the Paracas ... «Peru this Week, Jul 15»
Fatal Attraction: Obsession, Aversion, and the Femme Fatale of …
Judean Pillar Figurines are not normally found with cultic objects (with the exception of zoomorphic figurines) nor are they disproportionally found with ground ... «The Bible and Interpretation, Feb 15»
Fine Majolica at Auction
Oils, condiments, and spirits were served in zoomorphic containers. Americans discovered majolica at the Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia in ... «Maine Antique Digest, Feb 15»
A woman, a pipe and a lot of local history
Most often used in ceremonial and ritual smoking events, effigy pipes are typically zoomorphic (animal) or anthropomorphic (human). Zoomorphic pipes are ... «University at Buffalo Reporter, Jan 15»
Cult fiction: Pagan relics don't mean Tel Burna was temple to Baal
In a corner of the courtyard they found two ceramic masks, some plaque figurines and zoomorphic (animal-shaped) vessels, apparently of Cypriot origin, judging ... «Haaretz, Nov 14»
Two Imposing Maya Cities Uncovered in Southern Mexico
The site's most extraordinary find was a zoomorphic doorway resembling a monster's open jaws — a cosmological symbol of life's origins. A stela from lagunita. «Hyperallergic, Aug 14»
Two ancient Mayan Cities recently discovered in Campeche
According to information provided by the Academy, the most striking feature of Lagunita is a zoomorphic monument depicting the gaping maw of a Mayan earth ... «The Yucatan Times, Aug 14»
Two ancient Maya sites discovered in southern Mexico
The zoomorphic façade at Lagunita does not come as a surprise, considering that Becán, the largest site in the Río Bec zone, is only 15 km away. What has not ... «Past Horizons Archaeology News, Aug 14»
Cape Town fires up its art engine
Their zoomorphic Beast Feast collection was a sellout at Design Miami, one-offs going for anything up to $75000, including a reindeer fur sofa with bronze camel ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Feb 14»
Screen/Print #7: Horizonte
Though today we could attempt, with some earnestness, to define the Snake as a 'duck,' the inflatable precedes Learning from Las Vegas, and its zoomorphic ... «Archinect, Feb 14»
