Artwork

[TJ]

I'd love to see some pics posted of artwork involving (if not featuring) caudates, newts esp.

I'll start the ball rolling with this one, an "ukiyoe" woodblock print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861):

I first saw it at a bookstore today and was lucky enough to find it posted on the Web at this site:

http://member.nifty.ne.jp/ROM590310/sub003.html

Will try to find a proper print to frame and add to my collection of newt paraphernalia

 

[ralf]

Very nice Tim. It's also conceivable that the artist thought of "Imori" being some sort of fish rather than something else.
Seems that cats were a major threat to ornamental carp as early as the 19th century.

Ralf

 

[j.]

Heres another by the same artist:

 

[TJ]

Thanks Jessica. Here's another by the same artist, with what looks a bit more like an Andrias japonicus (Japanese Giant Salamander), but actually it's a "sea creature"

Don't think the seawater would do a salamander any good, except maybe as an anti-fungus treatment

Yes, Ralf, way back then there wasn't as clear a distinction as there is today between fish, amphibians and reptiles. The Japanese word for salamander actually contains the Chinese character for "fish". But I don't know if they were actually thought to be fish or just closely related to fish.

As for it being in there with the goldfish or koi, I've actually seen Cynops pyrrhogaster in an outdoor goldfish pond in a rural area here before

Here's another old Japanese painting but I don't have the info right here with me now on who made it when.

 

[TJ]

Anybody know what these European-origin emblems are all about? I've seen a few of them, including this one:

 

[swan]

A guy named Enzyne sells his artwork, often salamanders, on Ebay. Here's the most recent picture.

Here's the link to the item:
ENZYNE abstract ink drawing salamander/newt

Many of his pictures are not abstract like this, but very realistic. But they are not online on ebay anymore.

 

[cloth]

Heres some of mine:

 

[a]

Theres one of mine!

Ajfr0ggy

 

[john]

These are all dazzling guys. I hope this thread continues

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[TJ]

By Albertus Seba (1735)

 

[coen]

http://www.amherst.edu/~hnewt/gallery.html

http://www.newts.org/newt/gallery/art/img/

http://www.artituk.com/Art_Sculpture_2002/artwork.php?Artist=19&Artwork=128

http://www.clipartreview.com/clipart_pages/clip_art/n/newt_030731124041.html

http://www.dpsmedia.net/media/srcmedia.asp?catid=38&pos=34

http://www.artzooksstockillustration.com/N/Newt.html

http://www.kids.state.ct.us/spotlight/guestartist/adatzuk/source/18.html

http://www.thecollectionshop.com/xq/ASP/Disney_Classics_Disney_Characters_Newts_Nautical_Note_Retired_Collection/StockNumber.11K-41193-0/qx/Disney_Collectibles_Detail_Page.htm

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/asiaproject/warmack.html

http://postersofanimals.com/TOPICS/topic_Reptile_Posters/Posters,_Art_Prints_and_Pictures_of_Salamanders-0307-3015-4625-poa.html

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/LAPL/lucid_pool.html

http://www.betterden.com/animals/wild_gift/gift_a_0052.html

http://www.fantasya.net/image.php?imgsection=1&ref=534&id=12445&a=386&auth=O

http://www.wildanimalgifts.com/anml/anmlpage05index.html

http://www.arrell.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=IAC&Product_Code=123-03

http://www.jgrayartist.com/jpgs/brn_newt.jpg

 

[coen]

these are cool too: http://www.earthlycreatures.ca/ec-Newt.html

 

[TJ]

Wow!...Thanks Coen, those last ones (earthly creatures) look great. I'd like to get me some...but the price is a bit steep

(Message edited by TJ on October 13, 2003)

 

[swan]

Enzyne has a new salamander on Ebay. Very nice, I think. The item can be found here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3559435844