Art – Fishvish

Livestock Inspired Art

December 22, 2016August 16, 2018 fvadmin

The red junglefowl- Edward Neale – Hume and Marshall, Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon (1879–1881) Art is a reflection of life. Farm animals, like goats and chicken, that we raise for food have been a big part of our life since we began to domesticate them a few thousand years ago. Hence, understandably, they often appear in our art and craft. Let’s look at some works of arts in which hens, roosters, chicks and goats play the role of the artist’s muse. 1. Cockfighting Cockfights are banned in…

Seafood Inspired Art and Craft

December 10, 2016 fvadmin

Eugène Delacroix, Still Life with Lobster and trophies of hunting and fishing (1826–1827), Louvre The abundance and variety of life in the rivers and the oceans has caught the imagination of artists and influenced their work through the ages. From fish pendants to octopus vases, here are some artefacts from across the world that were inspired by seafood. 1. Octopus Vases Pottery was a flourishing art in Mycenae (Ancient Greece). Sometime between 14th and 13th century B.C.E., the Mycenaeans started to decorate their pots with representations of octopus. A trend…