#zdenek burian

[a-book-of-creatures]

Mammuthus columbi, the Columbian mammoth, by Zdenek Burian.

Probably one of my favorites from Burian’s elephants. I love the sense of motion and action, the size and majesty of the rearing mammoth, and the microstory it seems to be telling.

#zdenek burian #mammoths #elephants #columbian mammoth #mammuthus columbi

[victusinveritas]

Illustrations by Zdenek Burian

#zdenek burian #illustration #jules verne

[antediluvianechoes]

Dying Mammoth, Zdeněk Burian, c. 1962

The world felt ripped apart during the avalanche. The floor moved, the hillside was the sky, everything was white, and trees snapped like pencils. Instincts were useless. There was no way to fight or flee; the mammoth could only be swept up with the chunks of mountain and forest. A thick, broken branch punctured the mammoth's haunch. A boulder slammed into its ribs. Snow filled the animal's nostrils and ears. It was better that way.

When it was all over, and the world stilled, the mammoth was just a lump among all the other refuse. It could not move; it did not want to, really. Breaths were difficult under the blanket of tossed trees and snow. The ice darkened where the branch stabbed it. The stillness of the valley was eerie, especially after the roar of the avalanche. The only sounds were of the mammoth's labored inhalations. When the wolves found it, those breaths had already stopped.

#mammoth #dire wolf #Zdeněk Burian #zdenek burian #pleistocene

[goatnokama]

This is an artwork by Czech artist Zdenek Burian. It depicts a group of late paleolithic hunter-gatherers.

My favourite paleo-artist and probably one of my favourite painters overall.

Burians work has so much radiance, the use of color is immaculate. Only other artist I know who used color so well was probably Jan Malczewski.

#Zdenek Burian #paleoart #illustration #fine art #painting #paleontology

[romigodon]

“This is such an unsympathetic animal. I prefer Iguanodon. But I don’t like the Tyrannosaurus. His dwarf hands… Some animal is beautiful, yes, but some is not beautiful. There is nothing that can be done about it.”

- Paleoartist Zdenêk Burian on Tyrannosaurus.

#romigodon #paleontology #Iguanodon #Tyrannosaurus rex #paleoart #Zdenek Burian

[chronivore]

Zdenek Burian

#zdenek Burian

[technicolordude]

mosasaurus_by_zdenek_burian_1962 by Ryan Khatam Via Flickr: "Prehistoric Sea Monsters," vintage book published 1964. Illustration by Zdenek Burian. This image is for educational purposes only. All rights remain with the original author(s).

#mosasaurus #Zdenek Burian #Burian #Prehistoric #Dinosaur #Dinosaurs #flickr

[oldsardens]

Zdenek Burian - Eocene fauna by Geisteltal. 1972

#Zdenek Burian

[skywarpshydroflask]

i doubt I'll be touching this for a while so here. my favorite bird bastard <3

#transformers #archadis #transformers fanart #beast wars #tf beast wars #me art #took sum reference from the art hes based on.. a book i believe by zdenek burian #i wanted him to look more colorful... he deserves it<3 #anyway.. been holding onto this for a bit but im starved for archadis content n i know the 3 other fans of his are too #so... throws this into the archadis liker enclosure and hides behind a tree #gently setting a trans flag next to him aswell

[lutramatrica]

#kafkakids #burian zdenek #platybelodon #Élet az ember előtt

[that-dinopunk-guy]

I don't generally put a lot of thought into who my "favorite" oldschool paleoartist would be, but Charles R. Knight would definitely be up in like the top three.

#charles r. knight #zdenek burian is up there as well

[a-book-of-creatures]

Platybelodon, by Zdenek Burian.

#platybelodon #zdenek burian

[o-craven-canto]

Archaean landscape

Cambrian seafloor with trilobites and jellyfish

The giant placoderm Dunkleosteus, hunting (look how watery that seafloor is, I love it)

Storm blowing through a Carboniferous forest

The early marine reptile Mesosaurus

The primitive ichthyosaur Mixosaurus

Triceratops grazing (beautiful, but a tad outdated reconstructions!)

Mosasaurus -- the reconstruction is a bit more croc-like than it should, but that water! That motion!

The rhinoceros-kin Metamynodon, wallowing

The early ape Dryopithecus

The great Eurasian forest during the Quaternary Ice Age

The Sicilian dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon falconeri

The South American sabertooth cat Smilodon

A hominid identified as Homo heidelbergensis (I would imagine it a bit more human-like)

Woolly mammoths, Mammuthus primigenius, digging for grass through the snow

Hunting Megaloceros

Making the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, about 27,000 years ago

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Paleoart by the Czech painter Zdenek Burian (probably mostly painted between 1950 and 1975?), published in Zdeněk V. Špinar, Zdeněk Burian, Life Before Man, 1983

#art #paleoart #stuff i like #aesthetic #paleozoic #mesozoic #cenozoic #dinosaurs #paleobiology

[antediluvianechoes]

Before the Glacier, Zdeněk Burian, 1956

The glacier has a voice. It groans against the world, chewing and sighing, moaning and cracking. Its song rolls over the landscape, a long, lone constant as the seasons bleed from one to the next. The mammoths know its voice, listen to it to learn when the meltwaters will come and when they will stop. They hear its roars as it crumbles by the sea and note its stillness in the places where it rests. It is like a big sister, whispering secrets between huffs and rages, singing lullabies made of ice.

#zdenek burian #Zdeněk Burian #mammoth #pleistocene

[vintagegeekculture]

Zdenek Burian’s Cenozoic Mammals.

#cenozoic #paleoart #wooly mammoth #sabertooth #wooly rhino

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

do you have any theories as to why dinosaurs tend to be depicted with active/erupting volcanoes in popular culture/media? Is it a Charles R Knight/Zdenek Burian carryover?

Yeah, it's mostly a trope from older palaeoart that was all over the place because for decades volcanism was thought to be the most likely cause of the dinosaurs' extinction, before the discovery of the Chicxulub impact and even for some time after. Hence why it was usually Cretaceous dinosaurs that had volcanoes in the background, though other time periods weren't exempt.

It's less of a Thing in modern palaeoart but I personally think it's rad as hell and we should bring it back.