Despite the fierce debate between art lovers, it cannot be denied that not only academic classics have the right to life. It is perfectly reflected in the painting, where the anatomically correct images of people are combined with the most incredible abstractions. Perhaps someone will consider taxidermy not quite an art, but in fact, creating a scarecrow from the skin of an animal requires talent, or at best it will turn out to be a real skeptical lynx. What kind of animal is it and why did it get such an expressive name? It is worth taking a closer look at the scarecrows, it is not so simple.
Taxidermy Mistakes
For an uninitiated person in the process of stuffing stuffed animals there is nothing complicated - here is the skin, you just need to fill it with some kind of filler, and you're done. However, in fact, the skin is not a pillowcase on the pillow, living things are much more complicated. The shape of the skeleton, the differently developed muscle groups, the structure of the ligaments and tendons - all this gives the body a natural shape, and taxidermists skillfully recreate them so that the animal seems alive. But mistakes are inevitable here.
The gripsholm lion (pictured above) is recognized as the most famous failure in this area, whose stuffed animal is kept in the museum of the castle of the same name in Sweden. But here the taxidermist had a good excuse - he had never seen a living lion. Apparently, he got the skin taken from a dead beast, so the result of his efforts looks like a caricature.
The phenomenon of stubborn fox
Did Adele Morse, then still a young and inexperienced taxidermist from Britain, know that her first experience would gain such fame? The sad fox sitting on a chair gained wildly popularity in Russia. If people laughed on the English Internet and the story ended, then our stubborn fox quickly became the hero of all kinds of photojacks, turning into a meme. Not a single unsuccessful scarecrow falling into humorous collections has received such fame. However, there is an interesting nuance.
If you read the description of a skeptical lynx or just look at the photo, you can immediately note the amazingly expressive grimace, frozen on the face of a stuffed animal. This is really skepticism! The incredulous and slightly ironic face seems to question everything in advance.
