Mythical Creatures

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Mythical Creatures

Mythical Creatures

Olmec ceremonial ax featuring jaguar godMexico, 1500-300 BC

Wind god (fujin, left) and thunder god (raijin, right) Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century

ChimeraEtruria, 5th-4th century BC

Chimera (píi-hsieh)China, 2nd-3rd century AD

Tomb guardianChina, Tang period,c. 8th century AD

TaotiehChina, Shang period, c.1300-1030 BC

Hieronymus BoschGarden of Delights:detail from right panel (Hell)Netherlands, c. 1505-10

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Fall of the Rebel Angels: detailFlanders, 1562

After Pieter Bruegel,Grotesque Figure (Envy)Flanders, 1565

Martin Schongauer,St. Anthony Tormented by the DemonsGermany, c. 1480-90

Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece: Temptation of St. Anthony (detail)Germany, 1510-15

Odilon Redon,ìAnd all sorts of frightful beasts surgeî, from Temptation of St. AnthonyFrance, late 19th century

Salvador Dali, Temptation of St. Anthonyearly 20th century

Gaki zoshi (Scroll of Hungry Ghosts)Japan, Late Heian period, 12th century

Albrecht Durer,Knight, Death, and the DevilGermany, 1513

Caravaggio, MedusaItaly, 1596-98 (?)

Peter Paul Rubens,Two SatyrsNetherlands, c.1615-17

Pegasus, from ArateaCarolingian,9th century(Leiden, University Museum, Ms. Voss. Lat. Q. 79, fol. 32 v)

Sandro Botticelli,Pallas and CentaurItaly, late 15th century

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1570 editionmap of Italy: detail with Neptune and mermaid

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1570 editionmap of Scandinavia and British Isles: detail with musician hybrid

Hours of Jeanne díEvreux,text page (ad vesperas) with hybrid marginaliaFrance, c. 1325(New York, Cloisters, Ms. 54.1.2, fol. 166)

Initial from Park Bible(London, British Museum,Add. Ms. 14788)

Moralia in Job, initial Rwith St. George and the DragonFrance, 12th century(Dijon, Bibliotheque municipale, Ms. 168, fol. 4v)

Mawangdui banner: detail with sun, moon, and dragonsChina, early Han period, 206 BC-9 AD

Great Sphinx, Egypt, c. 2530 BC

Gargoyles, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, 13th century

Unicorn sealIndia,Indus Valley period, 3rd millenium BC

Lady with the Unicorn, France, c. 1450-1500

Author: Arts and Humanities

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