Dragonfly and Bellflower - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Dragonfly and Bellflower. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)) Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: late 1820s. Culture: Japan. Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. (24.8 x 36 cm) Classification: Prints
Unraveling the Mysteries: What Dragonfly Symbolize in Culture
2024年7月15日 · Dragonflies have played a prominent role in rituals and ceremonies in ancient civilizations. Dragonflies symbolize strength, agility, victory, and are associated with autumn and harvest rituals...
Motifs of the Revival: The Dragonfly - Design for the Arts
2012年11月20日 · Some ancient European cultures saw dragonflies as sinister—eye pokers, or followers of snakes—but most associations have been positive. The insect has symbolized light, swift agility, happiness, and the transition from late summer into autumn. The dragonfly represented victory to the samurai (and it may be the oldest design motif in Japan).
Dragonfly amulet | Middle Kingdom - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Dragonfly amulet. Period: Middle Kingdom. Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13. Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, debris, MMA excavations, 1915–16. Dimensions: h. 1.8 cm (11/16 in); w. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in); d. 0.3 cm (1/8 in) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915. Accession Number: 15.3.514.
Dragonflies and a bumble bee - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Dragonflies and a bumble bee. Series/Portfolio: Butterflies and Insects, Muscarum Scarabeorum: Set of twelve plates (New Hollstein 913-924) Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London) Date: 1646. Medium: Etching; first state of three. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926.
Dragonfly - Wikipedia
Dragonflies are represented in human culture on artefacts such as pottery, rock paintings, statues, and Art Nouveau jewellery. They are used in traditional medicine in Japan and China, and caught for food in Indonesia. They are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness in Japan, but seen as sinister in European folklore.
Insects in art - Wikipedia
Insect groups represented in art include bees, beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers, and dragonflies. Societies across the world have from ancient to modern times used the shapes and colours of insects, and sometimes their actual bodies, in their art, whether jewellery or ceramics, body painting or textiles, paintings or sculptures.
The Symbolism of the Dragonfly in Buddhism and Chinese Myths
2024年11月3日 · Dragonflies hold a prominent place in Chinese culture, appearing in various myths, literature, and art. In ancient Chinese texts, dragonflies were often associated with love and joy. They were depicted in poetry and prose, symbolizing happiness and the fleeting nature of youth. Many Chinese legends feature dragonflies as key characters.
Griffinflies: The earliest flying insects - Natural History Museum
A painting of the Bolsover dragonfly, Tupus diluculum, a giant dragonfly-like insect from the Upper Carboniferous, 354 to 290 million years ago. WHAT ON EARTH? Before dinosaurs evolved, back when the world was swampy and green 300 million years ago, giant dragonfly-like insects called griffinflies filled the skies.
Dragons in East Asian Art - DailyArt Magazine
2024年11月18日 · The earliest documentation of ryū comes from Kojiki (古事記), a chronicle of ancient Japanese myths, ceremonies, and emperors from ca. 680 AD–as progeny of dragons. Some dragons appear to be living in the water; Ryūjin (龍神), …