bestiary
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A veritable bestiary of nearly 100 sculptures by dozens of artists offers the opportunity to bask in the diverse glory of the animal—and creative—kingdoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Her bestiary, inevitably, is also a catalog of human greed, ego, and neglect.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
Designer Virginie Viard collaborated again with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder Coco Chanel’s apartment as a creative springboard for the carnival-like spring decor.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“I have touched them, I have not only seen them in photos,” Zelaya said of his mental bestiary, as he flipped through an iPad of drawings at a restaurant in North Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
The meaning of these stories may be basically the same as the meaning of a medieval bestiary.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Such animals were found in bestiaries, which were illustrated books offering the most popular sources of information about animals, real or imaginary, during the Middle Ages.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
The cartoonish, sometimes possessed looks of his creatures recall imagery from Japanese mythology and medieval bestiaries.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Medieval bestiaries were books that served as compendiums of creatures both fantastic and real.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019
She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2016
The mythical animals catalogued in the bestiaries of the world seem, at a casual glance, nothing but exotic nonsense.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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