Hyaena by Vincenzo Cohen (Digital Art)
Digital Art by Vincenzo Cohen For Sale
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Title: Hyaena
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Artist: Vincenzo Cohen
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Category: Digital Art
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Edition: Open Edition
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Framed?: Not specified
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Shipping from: Italy
Reduced Price: $280 USD $240 USD
Artwork description
Digital reinterpretation from the original painting “Striped hyaena”. Hyaenas are one of the greatest naturalistic passionsof the artist. Hyaena was known in the ancient world and was one of the first animals to be represented in the cave painting of primitive man and to represent the ancestral human fears. Ancient Romans called it “Crocuta” and they knew its nocturnal laughter, from which the latin term “hyaena ridens” comes (for its characteristic nocturnal call). Hyaena body parts are widely exploited as an aphrodisiac used for traditional healing and killed because of damage inflicted on livestock by nomads of the desert. Indigenous cultures and folklore have always attributed magical properties to hyaena body parts used in witchcraft. For this reason, from the conservation point of view, the species is extremely vulnerable.
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