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THE HUMAN-HEADED BIRD FIGURE IN PAINTING FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Research in the fields of Visual arts (Painting, Murals, Graphics, Animation and Book Art, Sculpture).

Abstract

The avian humanoids always seemed like fantastical creatures that mediate between heaven and earth by having human and avian features together. They mostly referred to the souls lingering between the living and the divine. There are many types of them, and this paper is specifically concerned about the human-headed bird imagery; and how it is depicted in different ways and what are their symbolic meanings in many cultures. This specific imagery appeared in many different mythologies along history; such as, the ‘Ba' in the Ancient Egyptian, ‘Sirens' and ‘Harpies' in the Greek and the Byzantium, the ‘Humayun' in the Mesopotamian and perhaps in the Islamic too; and eventually, the ‘Alkonost', the ‘Sirin', and the ‘Gamayun' in the Slavic mythology. An analytical comparative study of this imagery in different mythologies and in the paintings by different artists, such as P. Rubens, J. Pasch, V. Vasnetsov, and M. Vrubel; will be followed.

DOI

10.47436/jaarsfa.v1i1.47

Keywords

BA, Siren, Harpies

Authors

First Name

Rania

Last Name

Elhelw

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Affiliation

Painting Department – Faculty of Fine Arts – Helwan University

Email

rania.elhelw@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-3162-6308

Volume

1

Article Issue

1

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22155

Issue Date

2020-06-01

Receive Date

2020-03-18

Publish Date

2020-06-01

Page Start

186

Page End

200

Print ISSN

2535-1508

Online ISSN

2535-2369

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JAARS_Volume 1_Issue 1_Pages 186-200.pdf

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https://jaars.journals.ekb.eg/article_153771.html

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153,771

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Specialized scientific research papers

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1,740

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Publication Title

Journal of Arts & Architecture Research Studies

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https://jaars.journals.ekb.eg/

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THE HUMAN-HEADED BIRD FIGURE IN PAINTING FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

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23 Jan 2023