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Aves (class)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The class of vertebrate animals that are typically bipedal and warm-blooded, lay large-yolked hardshelled eggs, often arboreal, and possessing feathers, hollow bones, forelimbs adapted for flight (although some have lost the ability to fly) and hindlimbs for perching and locomotion, a four-chambered heart, keen vision, a horny beak without teeth, and a large muscular stomach. Birds arose from theropod dinosaurs, which were an order of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Audubon Prints, January 13-February 13, 1944

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An exhibition of 9 prints by French-American artist and nineteenth-century naturalist John James Audubon, accompanied by watercolors, drawings, sea shells, birds feathers, butterflies, and other insects, arranged by the San Francisco Academy of Sciences. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: January 13-February 13, 1944

Bird Prints, April 9-29, 1945

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An exhibition of 24 colored prints by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists depicting birds, circulated by Blanche A. Byerley. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: April 9-29, 1945

Birds and Fish in Art, February 4-March 19, 1942

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An exhibition reviewing various interpretations of birds and fish in art across world cultures. The exhibition records span three folders plus clippings and installation photographs.

Dates: February 4-March 19, 1942

Birds of a Feather: Paintings and Prints, September 27-November 16, 1952

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An exhibition of paintings and prints of birds. The exhibition records span one folder of registration receipts and photographs.

Dates: September 27-November 16, 1952

Chinese and Japanese Woodcuts of Flowers and Birds, June 25-July 23, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of woodcuts depicting flowers and birds by Chinese and Japanese artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: June 25-July 23, 1954

Flight of the Image: An Exhibition of Feathers, September 27-November 16, 1952

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An exhibition examining the use and imagery of feathers in art and objects across cultures, including native and indigenous cultures of North America, South America, the South Pacific, and Hawaii. As well as feathers in circus paraphernalia and Victorian styles, bird specimens, and various clothing and art objects. The exhibition records span eight folders plus a catalog, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: September 27-November 16, 1952

Interpretations of Nature by Ch'i Pai-Shih: "The Ancient of the Mountain", June 23-July 15, 1956

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of color woodblock prints after paintings by influential twentieth century Chinese artist Qi Baishi. The exhibition records span 10 folders plus photographs.

Dates: June 23-July 15, 1956