Tag: Lion
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The Golden Lion
The MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas is famous for having these huge golden lions outside (it used to have real ones inside but fortunately animal welfare rules forced them into retirement).
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Victoria’s Golden Lion
This rather impressive looking lion sits, along with a few brothers, on the outside of Queen Victoria’s royal train carriage.
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The Green Door Lion
This month is dedicated to random objects, which is a broad subject but one that I am looking forward to working through. We start with a lion shaped door-knocker, found recently in the city of York.
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Lion in the Shadows
Here’s another lion photo, this one from many, many years ago. There’s something very evocative about male lions, with their huge manes, powerful roar, and expressive faces. What is he thinking about?
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The Queen
To accompany yesterday’s portrait of an Asiatic lion, here is an Asiatic lioness…
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The King
Here’s a photo from the archive, dusted off and published online for the first time. It’s a male asiatic lion. Look at the pride on his face.
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The Liquid Lion
Here’s a small (water) feature. It’s just a tiny stone water spout in the shape of a lion.
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The Doorstop Guardian
Agatha Christie’s Devonshire house, Greenway, is full of items the famous author collected over the years. Including a pair of oriental stone guardians that still stand either side of the main entrance. What did this image teach me? The Chinese name for these lion-guardians is shishi and they are said to ward off harmful influences…
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The Stone Lion
This stone carving, combining elements of a lion and the “green man” lives in a pillar is Pisa, Italy. What did this image teach me? Well, I’m not sure I’ve learned this yet but I do know that there’s a lot of hidden meaning behind these kind of iconographic carvings. I just need to research…