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 | Double-headed eagle tattooCategory: Tattoo | |
As you might have seen I have made a few eagles and also mentioned that many eagles through time have been double-headed. So this time I felt like designing an eagle like that. I have given the eagle some broad outlines and detailed feathered wings. But still it´s a plain and straight forward style of tattoo or design in general. The outline gives it a more dominant look and more appealing in a visual aspect. (In this case anyway.) If it had been a corporate brand or logotype it might have had a different approach. The two-headed eagle is a strong symbol almost majestic. Already in 1433 the German-Roman Emperor had a double-headed eagle on his shield and imperium. In 1806 Austria took the eagle as nation-symbol, until 1919. It still is Albanias symbol. It´s been speculated that the eagle had two heads because there was a German-Roman Emperor and at the same time he was the German king. Take a chance to read more about symbolism and what symbols have been standing for and still are today. There are alot of books written on the subject. So just like me you can interpret and make new symbolism or use old traditional symbols and turn them into new ones. |  | |
| Tags: tattoo, eagle, two-headed, eagle-head, bird | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-05-27 22:00:43 |
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| Comment posted 2009-06-15 07:21:47 by Albo In Albania as a symbol it symbolized the unification of north and south.In the flag it symbolized the vigilance and foreseeing the danger from the enemies. | |
| Comment posted 2010-01-26 19:37:36 by andreas it was actually the symbol of the byzantine empire and that is why the eastern orthodox church has it as a symbol for 1000 year and more. countries like greece and russia also use it in their armed forces becausethe byzantine empire was the best empire at its time and hence it shows power | |
