Animals in art

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Animals in art

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Observations

Animals in architecture

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Animal statues

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Paintings

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Animals in religious art

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Street art

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Animals in Ancient Egyptian art

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Exhibition : Saurierpark Kleinwelka

This park is located near Bautzen / Germany, very close to the Polish border. The park was started by sculptor Franz Gruß (1931-2006) in 1978 and features over 200 sculptures of extinct animals such as dinosaurs, sauropods and early mammals and birds. Gruß based his work on the scientific beliefs of what these animals looked like at the time he designed the sculptures. The park has carried on this tradition. New works are based on what archeologists / paleontologists believe, an animal looked like at the time when the sculpture is first created. All sculptures are made from structural metal mesh, concrete and a textural layer to add details such as scales and hair before being painted.