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Horses in Art
Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history, frequently as depictions of the horse in battle. The horse appears less frequently in modern art partly because the horse is no longer significant either as a mode of transportation or as an implement of war. Most modern representations are of famous contemporary horses, artwork associated with horse racing, or artwork associated with the historic cowboy or Native American tradition of the American west. In the United Kingdom depictions of fox hunting and nostalgic rural scenes involving horses continue to be made... MORE
History of the Horse in Chinese Art
China was, and still is, a vast agricultural civilization sharing many thousands of miles of ill-defined borders with non-Chinese nomads whose radically different cultures often brought them into conflict with the Chinese. These inhabitants of northern and Central Asia had far greater resources in terms of numbers of horses and a superb command of equestrian skills... MORE
Da Vinci's Horse
With neck arched in pride, nostrils flared in excitement and ears pricked in anticipation, Il Cavallo stepped through the mists of time to take his rightful place among Milan, Italy's, Renaissance monuments in 1999, more than 500 years after first taking form in Leonardo da Vinci's imagination. The world's largest equine statue, cast in bronze and engineered to stand for hundreds of years to come, was unveiled as a gift to Italy from the American people... MORE
Horses in Croatian Art
Sculpture, art... MORE
Wild Horse Sculpture Catches Eyes on I-90
A sculpture of 15 wild horses has crowned a barren Central Washington hillside for more than a decade, but the rusted sheets of steel still are an inspiring sight to travelers along busy Interstate 90. The 200-foot line of life-size charging horses, the creation of David Govedare of Chewelah, WA, captures a mystical spirit from a time when real wild horses roamed the steppes... MORE
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