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Animal Dog Art
Animal Dog Art
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dalmatian clarinet animal DOG art print poster 13×19 $24.99 |
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dalmatian artist animal DOG art print poster 13×19 $24.99 |
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Old Framed Animals Oil painting art”dog”on canvas $128.00 |
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Old Framed Animals Oil painting art”dog”on canvas $128.00 |
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DACHSHUND LAUNDRY painting dog print animal art 8X10 $9.99 |
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sealyham Terrier VIOLIN DOG art Mug animal gift 11oz $19.99 |
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Shih tzu dog Salon animal coffee cup art Mug gift 11 oz $19.99 |
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pug on a diet 11 oz. animal dog art Mug cup coffee $19.99 |
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CAIRN TERRIER TAKING A BATH 11×14 animal dog art print $20.00 |
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DACHSHUND DRINKING WATER animal dog 11×14 art print $20.00 |
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dandie dinmont with SKY animal coaster dog art tile $12.49 |
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maltese taking a bath animal dog art print 8×10 $9.99 |
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basenji skateboarding picture animal dog art tile $12.49 |
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POINTER on a skateboard animal dog art print 8×10 $9.99 |
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English Setter Dog Animal Nature 8×10 Art Print Poster $0.99 |
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high quality art oil paintings :the animal dog 24×36″ $0.99 |
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Art animal oil painting Two hunting dogs 24×36″ $0.99 |
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Scottish Terrier LOLLIPOP animal DOG dog art tile $12.49 |
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maltese Reading dog animal art tile ceramic coaster $12.49 |
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Modern Art Animal oil painting Hunting dog 24×36″ $0.99 |
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Afghans at the Coffee SHop 11 oz. dog animal art Mug $19.99 |
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8×6 Animal Dog Art_WELSH CORGI PEMBROKE_Ceramic Tile $16.99 |
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1892 Dogs Playing Animals Beautiful Antique Fine Art $29.81 |
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ART OIL PAINTING repro Puppy Dog Bone Animals Children $9.95 |
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spoiled dachshund animal ceramicr dog art tile doxie $12.49 |
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Saint Bernard whiskey dog 11oz. animal gift art Mug $19.99 |
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DOBERMAN PINSCHER bathroom bath 11oz animal dog art Mug $19.99 |
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MACRAME Vintage Animal Art 8 Weaving Dog Elephant Cat+ $5.00 |
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Dog Patch Animals Susan Kline Framed Picture Print Art $25.95 |
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Animal Rescue Dog U.S. Postage Stamp Art Glass Pendant $15.00 |
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pit bull terrier coffee animal coaster dog art tile $12.49 |
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VINTAGE C M COOLIDGE TERRIER DOG ANIMAL ART PRINT 1590 $9.99 |
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ENGLISH BULLDOG DOG 1900S ANIMAL ART PRINT POSTER 1208 $9.99 |
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Scottish Terrier coffee picture animal dog art Mug 11oz $19.99 |
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BIRD DOG whimsical FOLK ART animal pet painting on WOOD $9.95 |
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Papillon Puppy Dog Sweet Animal Art ACEO (KK) $7.69 |
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Bull terrier AT THE POOL ANIMAL dog art print 8×10 $9.99 |
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spoiled dachshund animal dog art print 8×10 $9.99 |
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jack russell terrier ABSINTHE animal DOG art print 8×10 $9.99 |
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BAsenji at the wine bar 11 oz animal dog art coffee Mug $19.99 |
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FURminator deShedding Tool $29.99 FURminator Small deShedding Tool Reduces shedding up to 90 percent by removing the loose, dead undercoat without damaging the topcoat. It is by far the absolute best deShedding Tool on the market, throw away all your other tools, you’ll never need anything except the FURminator again!Watch the video to see the furminator for dogs in action, then scroll down and see the actual amount of fur r… |
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K9 Advantix Flea Control for Dogs K-9 Advantix 4pk for Dogs 0-10lb… |
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Cats & Dogs Shaped Rubber Bands 12 Per Pack $0.01 These Cats and Dogs shaped rubber bands are 100% silicone. Twelve rubber bands are packaged in a 3 3/4 inch x 3 3/4 inch pillow pack in a display of 30 packs…. |
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Backspacer (Exclusive Version w/ 2 Concert Downloads) $7.49 Deluxe edition features two full concert downloads! 2009 release from Eddie Vedder and the boys, their ninth album overall. For Backspacer, the lasting Grunge rockers decided to do it big. They left label J Records and decided to release to album themselves, since the certainly have enough money to do that. They also hooked up with ’90s Alternative Rock producer du jour Brendan O’Brien (Korn, Bruc… |
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Fantastic C: Dogs at Work and Play video [VHS] $37.95 … |
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Wolf and Pups Decorative Night Light $9.99 Handcrafted in the USA to the highest standards using licensed materials with great individual care and attention to detail. We are certain that you will be completely delighted and satisfied with our product. All purchased Items will arrive via USPS and a the tracking # will be sent to you. We also offer matching Drawer Knobs, Outlet Covers, Double Size Switchplates, Triple Size Switchplates, Roc… |
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Wolf in the Moonlight Decorative Night Light $9.99 Handcrafted in the USA to the highest standards using licensed materials with great individual care and attention to detail. We are certain that you will be completely delighted and satisfied with our product. All purchased Items will arrive via USPS and a the tracking # will be sent to you. We also offer matching Drawer Knobs, Outlet Covers, Double Size Switchplates, Triple Size Switchplates, Roc… |
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Basset Hounds Decorative Night Light $9.99 Handcrafted in the USA to the highest standards using licensed materials with great individual care and attention to detail. We are certain that you will be completely delighted and satisfied with our product. All purchased Items will arrive via USPS and a the tracking # will be sent to you. We also offer matching Drawer Knobs, Outlet Covers, Double Size Switchplates, Triple Size Switchplates, Roc… |
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The Fox and the Hound (25th Anniversary Edition) $14.58 When a young fox and hound meet for the first time, they become friends before they know that they are supposed to be enemies…. |
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The Fox and the Hound (Disney Gold Classic Collection) $26.95 The Fox and the Hound marked the last collaboration between Disney’s older artists, including three of the “Nine Old Men” (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Woolie Reitherman), and the young animators who would make the record-breaking films of the ’90s. Based on a book by Daniel P. Mannix, the film tells the story of a bloodhound puppy and a fox kit who begin as friends but are forced to becom… |
Leonardo Da Vinci: Leonardo’s Animals Part 1 Of 2
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1492 at a Tuscan farmhouse in Anchiano, Italy, near the town of Vinci where he spent most of his childhood. He was the son of Ser Piero and a girl called Caterina who worked for him. After Leonardo was born, the father and mother did not remain together. Only recently have details of Leonardo’s birth mother come to light. In 2002, Alessandro Vezzosi, Director of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Vinci, Italy, told the press they had found substantial proof Leonardo’s mother was a slave girl and not a peasant girl, as previously believed.(1) Vezzosi went on to report that Leonardo’s father was a craftsman who owned a Middle-Eastern female slave named Caterina. And, according to their discovery, a few months after Caterina gave birth to Leonardo, she was married off to one of the workers.
Leonardo lived in Anchiana and in Vinci until he was eight years old. Afterwards, he moved to Florence with his father. When Leonardo was 14, he became an apprentice under the famed sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. In that period, Verrocchio was the leading Florentine artist. By the time Leonardo was between 21 and 23 years old, he had become a very skilled painter. Verrocchio permitted Leonardo to help with an important painting, The Baptism of Christ (Uffizi Gallery, Florence). Leonardo painted the background and the kneeling angel. It is said that when Verrocchio saw that Leonardo could paint better than anyone he had ever seen, including himself, he gave up painting for good. Verrocchio decided he would concentrate on sculpture.
Leonardo da Vinci was said to have a great love for animals, and his journals further illustrates this. He was a vegetarian, at least in the latter part of his life (we don’t have definite proof that he was a strict vegetarian in his early life). He wrote, “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.” He also remarked, “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
In the 1480s, Leonardo painted Lady With The Ermine. The Lady in the painting is Cecilia Gallerani, the 17-year-old mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. She carries an ermine for three reasons. First, for the Duke of Milan, having been appointed to the Order of the Ermine by Ferdinand I of Naples, the ermine was the symbol of heraldry on his coat of arms. Second, the ermine was considered to be a symbol of virtue and purity. And finally, it was a play on Cecilia Gallerani’s name since the Greek name for ermine is “galee”.
In Leonardo’s notebooks, he wrote that the ermine eats every other day. Most likely the ermine, an animal related to the sable and weasel, stayed in the studio while the painting was being completed. In the Renaissance period, soft-hair paint brushes were made of ermine tail tips. Brushes were also made from squirrel fur and fastened into goose or hen feathers – another reason the ermine might have been at home in the studio.
Leonardo da Vinci included cats in many of his sketches. On one sheet of animal sketches in his notebook, the artist portrayed more than twenty cats, and one dragon. He drew cats in different poses, alone, with other cats, and being cuddled and held. His sketches are lively and reveal the solemn affection he had for felines.
Throughout the mid to late 1470s, Leonardo worked on a series of different studies relating to the theme of the Madonna and the Christ Child, holding a cat. It was originally thought that no paintings existed beyond his initial studies for these paintings. Recently; however, Madonna with the Cat, which is in the collection of industrialist Carlo Noya in Savona, Italy, was discovered to be a painting by none other than Leonardo.(2) The painting is based on a legend about a cat being born at the same moment as the baby Jesus.
Other sketches for paintings that feature animals and are based on a legend or myth is that of Leda and the Swan. Although no actual paintings exist, there are countless drawings. The story is that Leda was seduced by the God Zeus in the form of a swan and bore two eggs, which resulted in the creation of Helen of Troy with Clytemnestra, and Castor with Pollux.
Although there are countless studies and sketches made by Leonardo, only 13 or 14 actual paintings exist today. One of these is Madonna and Child with St. Anne, painted from 1508 to 1510. The figures depicted all relate to one another, and the baby Jesus is shown tightly holding a little lamb. Da Vinci painted the lamb with sensitivity and detail. The lamb is symbolic of Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death for mankind. Leonardo’s animal subjects are based on reality and are filled with vitality.
Sources: 1. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,810926,00.html 2. http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/cat.html
About the Author
Melanie Light is an artist and site owner of Pet Lovers Art & Resources at http://www.artzpet.com and Petz Classic Dog Art at http://www.cafepress.com/petz . Her portfolio site can be found here: http://mlightart.com . You will find more artwork, gifts, and information on these sites.