#tiger hunt

[gijoe-forever]

[royalpain16]

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Nepal in early 1961.  She and the Duke of Edinburgh were guests at a tiger hunt—which caused much criticism back in the U.K. (The Queen herself did not participate in the shooting, however, her private secretary did.)

[littlepawz]

way to go, duck!

[mugiwara-shuenobi]

[ashmoleanmuseum]

Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean - Gazing Ball (Tiger Hunt)

“I love to make reference to other artists - kind of art about art in that it’s a way to time travel, pay homage to our forebears. Everything - all the information, all the knowledge, everything that has been brought to the table to this moment”

Peter Paul Rubens painted The Tiger Hunt in 1616 in Antwerp. In Koons’s work, the gazing ball covers up the view through to the bright, blue seascape; the world behind the action is replaced with the world in front of it. 

See this work and many more in Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean until 9 Jun. Booking essential #JeffKoonsOxford

[niramish]

A Royal Tiger Hunt By Jiva - Mewar, Rajasthan, 1749 “…Only gradually does one realize that we are meant to see this as a single snarling Tiger… the same tiger 15 times within the same frame…” “Paintings such as these are not philosophical statements made by the painter, nor are they naïve. They simply reflect the fact of his being completely home with the notion of time as manipulable and elusive. Coomaraswamy was alluding to this when he said: ‘Where European art naturally depicts a moment of time, an arrested action or and effect of light, Oriental art represents continuous condition’’ 

- The Spirit of Indian Painting, B.N. Goswamy 

[the-taboo-king]

@seiigi liked [+] for a starter.

   Gundham strides through the Academy’s courtyard, eyes scanning the scenery around him and features stern. There is a nervous energy about him, a fear gnawing at his gut. He doesn’t lose his companions often but when it does happen the breeder finds himself wracked with both guilt and worry. Although, in this case most people would feel his concern misplaced, for he can’t seem to find his white tiger Byakko. He isn’t worried about the great beast hurting anyone, he is more concerned that something horrible has happened to his friend.

   Eyes don’t find the tiger but they do fall upon another student who is stepping out of one of the nearby buildings. With haste the breeder strides up to them, taking a calming breath to get a hold of himself as he draws closer. Before a word rises from his lips he finds himself standing behind the other student. Without thinking Gundham reaches out and grabs him by the arm, stopping him in his tracks.

   “Mortal,” He all but commands, demanding his attention. It barely registers that this is one of his newer underclassmen. “Has your gaze fallen on the Guardian Deity of the West? I must locate his whereabouts post haste. It is imperative.”

   His words stress the importance of this while his grip indicates just how upset he might be. It is firm but not vice-like.

[spiritcc]

Boris Klyuev re-enacting his iconic scene.