hind

(noun)

A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.

Related Terms

Examples of hind in the following topics:

  • Delphi and Greek Treasuries

    • Most of the scenes consist of only two characters and few scenes, such as Herakles fighting the Ceryean Hind (an enormous deer), and display a new sense of ingenuity.
    • The figure of Herakles breaks out of the frame as he leans on the hind's back, trying to catch it.
    • Metope depicting Herakles and Ceryean Hind.

  • Sculpture in the Vijayanagar Empire

    • Temple pillars often have engravings of charging horses or hippogryphs (yali)—horses standing on hind legs with their fore legs lifted and riders on their backs.

  • Sculpture in the Greek Geometric Period

    • Without the equine back and hind legs, the centaur portion of the sculpture is a shorter man with human legs.

  • Expressive Qualities of Line

    • In Las Meninas by Diego Velasquez, the artist uses expressive lines in the aprons on the girls' dresses and in the dog's folded hind leg and coat pattern .

  • Varieties of Line

    • Expressive lines are used in the aprons on the girls' dresses and in the dog's folded hind leg and coat pattern in this painting by Velasquez.

  • Etruscan Temples

    • The Apulu of Veii is one example of an akroteria and is part of a sculptural group that depicted the story of Herakles and the Ceryneaian Hind.

  • Etruscan Sculpture

    • The figure was part of a group of akroteria that stood on the ridgepole of the temple and depicted the myth of Heracles and the Ceryneaian hind.