Lion Human
According to the history of the Lion Human piece, it represents a hierarchy; a higher order of thinking. The artifact shows that the artists gave human characteristics to a lion, which points to the possibility of animals having the ability to think and act as humans do. Today this type of figure may even point to the idea of men having dominant characteristics that are associated with a lion. Such as fierce, strong, and well you know, manly. Every man has a lion hiding in them somewhere.
For some reason this also reminds me of domesticated animals today. We as pet owners tend to treat our animals as if they are humans; buying them dog sweaters, beds, and even going as far as buying specialized bags to carry them around in (Paris Hilton is guilty for this one). That was off tangent but it was just a thought.
For some reason this also reminds me of domesticated animals today. We as pet owners tend to treat our animals as if they are humans; buying them dog sweaters, beds, and even going as far as buying specialized bags to carry them around in (Paris Hilton is guilty for this one). That was off tangent but it was just a thought.
2 comments:
I like your thoughts!
This piece, I consider that human and animal have similarity. This piece represent that. Or human in ancient time, wanted to represent animal's strength.
I also compared this piece as well. I think your comparison is very original and brings in a very good concept of the animal human bond that has been present throughout the centuries, especially in art. And this bond probably had great influence on this piece and several others.
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