Prispevek vpeljuje avtoričina premišljanja o istenju ljudi in delovnih volov, še posebej pri telesno napornih opravilih; strnjeno predstavlja proces raziskovanja razmerij med ljudmi in temi domačimi ...živalmi – razmerij, ki so vezi; raziskava pa je umeščena med sorodna premišljanja in teoretske paradigme v širših humanističnih okoljih.
The article first briefly presents some historical, geographical, social, and cultural data relating to the draught ox in Slovenia, and then discusses the eloquence of some relevant Slovene pictorial ...sources (mainly from the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries). These are either relatively realistic genre scenes depicting oxen at pasture and at work, or those revealing their metaphorical, symbolic meanings. An analysis of the reasons for the appearance of oxen in such works of art and folk art follows, and an attempt to explain different attitudes on the part of painters or sculptors towards the animals. In further analysis of the selected works of art the article then focuses on the 'everyday reality' of the depicted agricultural processes in which oxen were involved, on their social and material cultural aspects - such as people working with oxen, various types of harness, and tools of communication. The findings are comparatively substantiated by analogous documentary photographs, related foreign pictorial sources, oral testimonies from field research, and by other relevant sources and literature.
ABSTRACT IN FRENCH: Après avoir présenté les études slovènes concernant les animaux, l'article développe quelques aspects d'une recherche de terrain consacrée aux relations entre les hommes et les ...boeufs de travail, montrant comment se manifeste le lien intime entre l'homme et l'animal. // ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: After a brief presentation of Slovenian animal studies, the article develops some aspects of a field research focused on the relationship between men and working oxen, thus revealing certain components in which more intimate relations between man and animals manifested.
RésuméAprès avoir présenté les études slovènes concernant les animaux, l’article développe quelques aspects d’une recherche de terrain consacrée aux relations entre les hommes et les bœufs de ...travail, montrant comment se manifeste le lien intime entre l’homme et l’animal.
The article addresses the visual arts as stimulating source on the relationship between people and oxen, whether illustrating metaphorical meanings or real work practices. Based on a virtual ...collection of art works in which oxen have been identified, we can first establish the informative nature of the collection through time and then the expressiveness of its iconographic structure. What follows are four contents analysed in detail: oxen as symbolic markers of regional identity, children and oxen, the use of goads or whips, and various types of harness. The article concludes with some answers to the introductory question--what images of oxen can tell us. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
