Dog Days of Summer

Those wretched hot, humid summer "dog days" owe their name to the Roman Empire. The Romans called them dies caniculares, which meant “dog star days” after Sirius, the Dog Star. As we get ready to bid farewell to dog days for another year John Foster has posted some lovely dogs in art.

DOG ARCADE TARGET
Painted sheet iron St. Bernard dog with target circle when hit triggered
the dog to flip over.  c.1920-40s

Image © Elliott Erwitt, photographer
Paris, 1989

Allen McCollum
The Dog From Pompeii, 1991

Lots more wonderful dogs at Design Observer