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ANIMAL STYLE [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pets
CONT

The Flatworm Phylum includes two groups of well-known parasitic species; the Tapeworms ... and Flukes .... These are important species to humans directly and indirectly through their negative interactions with food and ornamental animal life, including fishes.

CONT

Dimetrazole [is] widely used in the treatment of bacterial disease and protozoom disease of pig, cattle, horse, fowl, economic animal and some ornamental animal.

CONT

[Parrots] became more widely available and popular. Keep in mind, however, that parrot availability was still limited to the highest echelons of society. Keeping an ornamental animal that did not useful work around the farm or home was entirely out of reach for the average citizen.

CONT

Hack/Show horse. Perfect to look at with good confirmation. An ornamental animal with style and elegance, lovely manners, intelligence and presence with graceful, extravagant action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux d'agrément
CONT

Le cygne est le plus grand et le plus majestueux de nos palmipèdes. Il représente l'animal d'ornement par excellence.

CONT

[...] comme le poisson, le reptile est aussi un animal d'ornement, dénué de tout sens affectif.

CONT

Le daim suscite peu d'intérêt chez le chasseur d'aujourd'hui, en France du moins. On le présente souvent comme un animal d'ornement ayant gardé des séquelles de semi-domestication.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)
  • Art History and Theory
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A style of linear ornament consisting of interlaced lines, sometimes with leaf, fruit, flower, and animal motifs interspersed in the design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ornement peint ou sculpté composé de lignes ou de feuillages entrelacés dessinant des sinuosités [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Símbolos, motivos y ornamentos (Artes)
  • Historia y teoria del arte
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
DEF

Decoración a base de dibujos geométricos, flores, frutos y follaje que van entrelazados, incluyendo figuras de hombres y animales. Se emplea en frisos, zócalos y cenefas; decoración árabe.

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

(i. e. an art style representing the inner parts of a human or animal body along with its external form.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
OBS

(archéologie) (Andreas Lommel, l'homme préhistorique et primitif, Londres, Hamlyn, 1966, p. 12)

Spanish

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