They fill the air with fire,
They soar above the tallest tower,
They glisten with emerald-scaled attire
They inspire awe and terror whenever they glower…Dragons!!
Dragons are more than just creatures of myth; they are beings of legend. They are even considered gods in some cultures. Dragons of ancient times garner fear and respect but dragons of modern times entertain and inspire the imagination. In China it was consider as a fortune creature, while in Europe it was an evil transformations.
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In India not just they consider as one of their God and must be threaten nicely, but also snakes, a crawling creatures which are consider enemy on most of country in the worlds. And India traditional music to call and made snakes dancing is snake earrings.
Traditional earrings in the villages and tribal areas of India are manifestations of symbolism, religious meaning and social significance. A woman wears a particular type of earring as a sign of identity, of membership in the defined social group into which she was born. Wearing the specific earrings of her community, she continues the tradition of her ancestors.
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You enter the cave, walk through constrictions, crawl on hands and knees and come out, 100 yards later, into a dark room, a widening in the cavern walls, and see, if you point your lamp at them, some of the most beautiful animals ever drawn by human hand.
The very first art – maybe 20,000 years old – is some of the best, and what you have are pictures of animals. On the walls at Lascaux and Altamira in Europe, you find bison and elk, aurochs and rhinoceroses. When you find people drawn on the cave walls, they are hardly more than stick figures, but the animals are often so realistic you can identify them by genus and species.
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Both European and Native American Shamanic people, this power animal or totem symbolizes awakening the strong force of the unconscious.
Bear, the animal, in Europe and the Americas, is regarded with respect by Pagan people. The zenith of Bear’s power is in spring and summer. Bear hibernates in the cold months, allowing him or her access to the unconscious in order to blend intuition and instinct leading to attaining personal power.
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Animal painting offers great opportunities for the oil painter to explore oil painting techniques. This painting demonstration uses zebras’ stripes as a focal point.
Animal art, in this case, zebras, adds something extra to what would otherwise be an empty African landscape painting. The patterns on the zebras can be illustrated in the conventional way to build confidence in oil painting, but in this demonstration, the colours have been manipulated to offer an extra dimension.
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