A special relationship has existed between humans and the living creature horse since time immemorial. Already more than 30, 000 years ago horses were artistically depicted. The cleverness and beauty of these animals always impressed people. After domestication, horses were made useful to mankind. They influenced the history of many peoples, helped to win warlike conflicts, died in campaigns and in the service of man. Today, the horse is a friend in countless recreational activities and plays a major role in monumental sculpture and painting. In this work, the authors approach the horse as a living being in a unique way. Never before have monuments been so analyzed for the correctness of their anatomical structures.
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1Table of contents
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- ANCESTRY AND DOMESTICATION OF HORSES
- THE ROLE OF HORSES DURING CONQUERING EXPEDITIONS
- THE HORSES OF THE SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL IN VIENNA
- SOME FAMOUS HORSES
- HORSES AS DRAUGHT AND WORKING ANIMALS
- Horses in the postal service
- Tow horses used in river navigation
- Horses and buses, streetcars and railroads
- Horses in agriculture
- Horse and Fiaker
- THE HORSE IN MOMNUMENT ART
- THE HORSE IN PAINTING AND GRAPHIC ART
- THE HORSE IN NUMISMATICS
- THE HORSE IN PHILATELY
- THE HORSE IN HERALDRY
- THE HORSE IN THE ART OF HEALING
- THE HORSE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC DRAWING
- THE HORSE IN ART AND SCIENCE NOWADAYS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- List of illustrations
- Bibliography