@bovinearthistory - Tumblr Blog

This blog is a repository of depictions of bovines from across art history, mostly running on a queue. For now, the focus is on tribe Bovini (cattle, bison, buffalo, gaur, etc). Any descriptive text will be copied from the linked source.

#At this point there's no hard temporal line for things I'll include but it will probably Mostly be pre-modern era

bovinefigureoftheday

Bovine figure of the day: Majolica Bison Humidor

hexjulia

look at the cute cow angel i saw when i tried to link to the correct page of that manuscript.

(the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878)

#domestic cattle

Women of Namgang Village

Kim Ui-Gwan, DPRK, 1984

Gouache on paper

#domestic cattle #dprk #east asia #q

Europa and the bull

Derby Porcelain Factory

Derby, England, c. 1765

Enameled and gilt porcelain

#domestic cattle #england #western europe #q

Sari with cattle and elephants

Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India, c. late 19th-early 20th century

#domestic cattle #south asia #india #q

Apis bull

Late Period - Ptolemaic Egypt (c. 6th-3rd century BCE) or modern forgery

Copper alloy and silver

#domestic cattle #q

"Texas Bull Pulled Down by Jaguars"

Edward Kemeys

Bronze and plaster

#domestic cattle #contemporary art #q

The Bride as Europa

Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin

Berlin, Germany, c. 1913-1914

Porcelain and glaze

#domestic cattle #q

Footboard from the cartonnage case of Heresenes

Third Intermediate Period–Late Period Egypt, c. 750–700 B.C.

Fragments from the burial assemblage of the Lady of the House, Heresenes, were discovered in Pit 1 of Tomb MMA 832, along with burial equipment belonging to the Doorkeeper of Amun, Pakherkhonsu. The principal elements of Heresenes’s burial represented by this fragmentary material include her large outer anthropoid coffin, a smaller inner anthropoid coffin, and a cartonnage mummy case that had been torn open by plunderers. This footboard originally served to seal the bottom of the case and secure the mummy inside. Its decoration depicts the sacred Apis bull, associated with the god Ptah, carrying Heresenes’s mummy.

#domestic cattle #egypt #q

cma-greek-roman-art

Bull’s-head Lamp, 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Overall: 3.8 x 6.3 cm (1 ½ x 2 ½ in.) Medium: Nile silt clay

https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.1005

#domestic cattle #mediterranean #q

Bit boss with the Rape of Europa

German or Netherlandish, c. 1700-1750 CE

Copper alloy and gold

This ornamental boss, made of gilded bronze, originally decorated one of the sides of a horse bit. Its center is decorated with a scene in relief showing the abduction of the princess Europa by Jupiter as a bull, followed by a flying Cupid shooting an arrow at her breast. The rim is cast with imitation pearls, diamonds and fleur-de-lis. The scene seems partly inspired by the Rape of Europa engraved ca. 1590 by Hendrick Goltzius, while the bull also recalls the same event represented on a mid-17th century Netherlandish bronze plaque made by an anonymous goldsmith, today in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, which was freely inspired by Titian's painting on the same subject (known through prints). While at this time most of the bronze bit bosses were mass produced by founders, the quality of the relief and chasing here indicate that this piece is rather the work of a talented goldsmith. The original bit and its ornaments must have been a unique luxury piece commissioned by a wealthy rider.

#domestic cattle #central europe #q