What is Wild man?
[[File:Wild man (Holbein the Younger ).jpg|thumb|Wild Man (Holbein the Younger)]] A '''wild man of the woods''', also known as a '''wild man of the jungle''', '''wild man of the forest''', '''woodwose''', '''wodewose''' or '''wereape''' or simply a '''wild man''', is a [[legendary creature]] that painters and artists in [[Middle age|medieval Europe]] would put in their artwork. It was always shown as man covered with hair. The image of a wild man were used for [[Coat of arms|coats-of-arms]], especially in [[Germany]]. [[Renaissance]] engravers in Germany and [[Italy]] added wild men, wild women and wild families to art (for example, [[Albrecht Dürer]] or [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Holbein the Younger]]).<ref name=Met>{{cite book|author1=Timothy Husband|title=The Wild Man: Medieval Myth and Symbolism |author2=Gloria Gilmore-House|year=1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFDD4nuC1HoC|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=9780870992544 |accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref>{{Fantasy fiction}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Art]] {{stub}}