#Organic shapes in art skin
#Organic shapes in art full

But in Haeckel’s day, nature was seen in everything- Darwin’s Theory applied to the evolution of fish or birds just as much as it applied to the evolution of people. Many people today look upon humans as 'contaminants' to the natural world.

#Organic shapes in art full

Today, when we turn on the TV to watch a nature show, we see jungles and tigers, or underwater coral reefs full of fish. He saw mankind as a part of evolution, and a vital part of nature. The focus was on the form.īiologists in Haeckel’s time thought of man’s place in nature much differently than we do today.

#Organic shapes in art skin

A jellyfish would appear right next to a single cell animal or the patterns of folds of skin on the face of a bat. His drawings have no indication of scale or habitat of the various organisms he depicted.

Haeckel didn’t just attempt to document lifeforms and their place in the environment… He documented the structures and shapes that are common to all plants and animals on this Earth. Natural history studies are beyond the scope of what we do here at Animation Resources, but this one is an exception. Haeckel was a biologist and an artist, and he merged both disciplines into a study of natural forms, shapes, symmetries and patterns from every aspect of the natural world. This paperback book from 1913 is a popular adaptation of Haeckel’s landmark book, Kunstformen von der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) originally published in 1904. We scanned an interesting and inspiring book today- Ernst Haeckel’s Die Natur als Kunstlerin (Nature as Artist). Believe it or not, it’s possible to also capture the place that object holds in the universe. But there are other aspects that can be caught in a drawing beyond just the likeness. When an artist sits down to draw something, he is focused on how the object he is drawing appears. (I promise not to get all “hippie college professor” on ya!) Think of this as one of Eddie Fitzgerald’s theory posts at Uncle Eddie’s Theory Corner.

Today, I hope you’ll bear with me as I get philosophical.

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