official auction photo of the artwork in thin frame “Large Modernist realist painting of Ostriches with eggs.”

#WorldOstrichDay:
Mimi Korach Lesser (USA, 1922-2018)
Modernist #Ostriches, n.d.
Acrylic on canvas, 50" x 68"/ Framed 54" x 72"
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6509873...

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CALENDAR (New!) – ART HISTORY ANIMALIA This is a brand new feature and I am still working on filling in events for the year. Right now only January is up and running. Stay tuned for further updates!

Sorry it's a day late - the February social media calendar is now up: arthistoryanimalia.com/calendar/
Today (2 Feb) is a busy day - it is #GroundhogDay (USA) / #MarmotDay (Alaska) / #HedgehogDay (Europe), #WorldOstrichDay, AND #WorldWetlandsDay! Stay tuned for posts for all of them! :)

an ostrich holding a horseshoe in its beak from a medieval manuscript

It's #WorldOstrichDay, and in fiction, they're often shown burying their head to hide from perceived threats. In actuality, they don't do this.
In older works, they're shown holding a horseshoe in their beak, based on the idea they eat and digest metal. (They don't do this either.)

#MythologyMonday

Ostrich In Denial Free HIV test billboard

Happy #WorldOstrichDay

Aubrey Ostrich and Ginny Groundhog are dancing together on pointe. The message on the top left says "Happy Groundhog Day and World Ostrich Day".

Today is #GroundhogDay and #WorldOstrichDay.

#illustration

Happy #WorldOstrichDay !
2nd February

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Ostrich (Animal) Buy Ostrich (Animal) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

#BookRecommendation for #WorldOstrichDay :
Ostrich [Animal series] (2013)
amzn.to/4aKCPCN via #AmazonAssociates

Detail of Raphael's fresco mural of Pope Urban I depicting Lady Justice (labeled JVSTITIA) seated to his right, with her usual scales in left hand but with an ostrich in her right instead of the usual sword. Sala di Costantino, Vatican Palace, c.1519-20. So here's how an ostrich got in there: "Raphael’s oil mural Lady Justice in the Sala di Costantino, Vatican Palace, 1519-20. Replacing the traditional sword in Justice’s hand with a naturalistically-painted ostrich, Raphael paints an enigma. The ostrich had meant many things in the Middle Ages and Antiquity, but not justice. Instead, Raphael’s invention is based upon a Renaissance understanding of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. In ancient Egypt, the soul’s passage to the underworld was determined by weighing the heart against an ostrich feather [Ma'at's Feather of Truth], and so the hieroglyph for justice is an ostrich tail feather.* Raphael brought this arcane hieroglyph to life and playfully hid the tail, forcing the viewer to search for the meaning. Justice is labeled, but what is the bizarre exotic bird doing in the halls of power of the Vatican?" [from The Ostrich: An Unexpected Allegory, linked in follow-up post] * *Here is how that hieroglyph is currently interpeted (Gardiner number H6) - it's not a direct symbol for Justice, but as a symbol for Maat, who in turn was the goddess of truth, cosmic balance, and yes, justice: bliateral phonogram for "Shu" logogram for "feather" logogram for "Maat" determinative in "Maat"

#WorldOstrichDay :
In Raphael's fresco mural of Pope Urban I at Sala di Costantino, Vatican Palace (c.1519-20), Lady Justice is depicted with her usual scales in left hand, but her traditional sword in right hand is replaced with...an #ostrich. But why? 🤔 See ALT & follow-up posts for answer!

detail of the ostrich from the Diakonikon-Baptistery mosaic, walking in side profile with leash around neck, depicted with two toes on each foot

#WorldOstrichDay :
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - only living bird species w/only 2!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c.: S. c. syriacus.

oil painting in landscape orientation of two hatching ostrich eggs, one on left with chick peeking out of a hole in the shell, one on right with chick's head and part of body emerged from shell, with bits of eggshell strewn about

#WorldOstrichDay :
Marianne North (British, 1830-90)
'Coming Out' of a Cape Beauty
South Africa, c.1882
Oil on board, H 25.4 x W 35.4 cm
Marianne North Gallery @ Kew Gardens MN451
www.kew.org/mng/gallery/...
via ArtUK
artuk.org/discover/art...
🆔 Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks
#WomenArtists

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) The Ostrich (L'Autruche) Plate XVI from Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de Buffon (Histoire naturelle) 1936, published 1942 aquatint and drypoint from an illustrated book with thirty-one aquatints Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 10 7/16 x 8 9/16" (26.5 x 21.8 cm); page: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) Publisher: Fabiani, Paris Printer: Lacourière, Paris Edition: 226 Credit: Museum of Modern Art, New York The Louis E. Stern Collection Object number 976.1964.16 © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York [educational use]

For a belated #WorldOstrichDay here’s Picasso's ostrich:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
The Ostrich (L'Autruche)
Plate XVI from Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de Buffon (Histoire naturelle)
1936, published 1942
aquatint & drypoint, 26.5x21.8cm (page 36x28.5cm)
www.moma.org/collection/w...

Raphael’s Ostrich: D’Elia, Una Roman: 9780271066400: Amazon.com: Books Raphael’s Ostrich [D’Elia, Una Roman] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Raphael’s Ostrich

#BookRecommendation for #WorldOstrichDay:
Raphael's Ostrich by Una Roman D’Elia (2016) amzn.to/3JBxWAs via #AmazonAssociates
(which, despite the name, doesn't only focus on Renaissance ostriches but also offers a broad survey of ostrich iconography going back to ancient Egypt)

Today is #WorldOstrichDay! We all know they're the world's largest bird, but did you know they only have two toes on each foot? Here's a male on a misty morning in Ngorongoro Crater. #birds #animals #wildlife