Today's animal in Glasgow's architecture is this Bucranium (Ox Skull) on lamp post at Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Great Weatern Terrace in the west end of Glasgow. While this was a common decoration in classical architecture, animal motifs are not common in Thomson's work.
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This mode of depicting #aurochs heads even has become so specific that it’s been turned into what almost could be considered kind of a #Neolithic #meme:
The #bucranium substituting the whole animal and, emphasising the horns, arguably its most dangerous and impressive element. https://t.co/CPDZxn8kwW
“This mode of depicting #aurochs heads even has become so specific that it’s been turned into what almost could be considered kind of a #Neolithic #meme: The #bucranium substituting the whole animal and, emphasising the horns, arguably its most dangerous and impressive element.”
Jens Notroff
This Is My Glasgow
Jens Notroff