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turkey cock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gobbler, tom, tom turkey |
| Type of | meleagris gallopavo, turkey |
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turkey cock
As his depiction of the turkey cock also makes clear, Audubon was keenly aware of the stage on which his wildlife dramas unfolded.
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He liked to make landscape an active character in his art, and in his picture of the turkey cock, scenery becomes a scene-stealer.
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There's also his lavish layering of color-the turkey cock is a pageant of dusky browns and hints of orange, along with shades of chocolate and mahogany.
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In selecting the turkey cock as Plate No. 1 in his series, he seemed to celebrate the turkey as the alpha bird of the American landscape.
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With the turkey cock, as with so many of his other subjects, Audubon achieved lifelike effects in his pictures by using dead birds as his models.
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As he worked on his picture of the turkey cock at Beech Woods in 1825, Audubon's methods drew the disgust of Robert Percy, a member of the plantation family.
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Those first few days, when he broke consciousness enough to do it, he wiped at his neck with the rag until the water in the basin was the color of the comb on a turkey-cock.
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This play displays little of the fruity malice or camp of that genre, even if Mark Gatiss'absurd turkey cock of a Captain Brazen has the boo-hiss foppishness of a pantomime villain.
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Audubon's turkey cock is memorable for its vivid suggestion of movement, with the bird glancing backward, as if eyeing the approach of a predator, and pumping its legs forward in a purposeful stride.
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