| LC control no. | sh2008002649 |
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| Topical heading | Biomorphism (Art movement) |
| See also | Art, Modern--20th century |
| Found in | Work cat.: Maldonado, G. Le cercle e l'amibe : le biomorphisme dans l'art des anneĢes 1930, c2006. Art and Popular Culture WWW site, Mar. 28, 2008 (Biomorphism was an art movement of the 20th century. The term was first used by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. in 1936. Biomorphist artists focused on the power of natural life and used organic shapes) Tate Online WWW site, Mar. 28, 2008: Glossary (In painting and sculpture biomorphic forms or images are ones that, while abstract, nevertheless refer to, or evoke, living forms such as plants and the human body. The term comes from combining the Greek words bios, meaning life, and morphe, meaning form. Biomorphic seems to have come into use around the 1930s) |
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