Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun art A surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

First used in 1936 by Alfred H Barr, Jr. (1902-1981), art historian.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word biomorphism.

Examples

  • The previous post by dmtls Merzbau on Carlo Mollino prompted me to Google for the term biomorphism once more and there it was, the image I had found on the web a couple of years back but had since been unable to find again.

    05 « September « 2007 « Jahsonic 2007

  • The previous post by dmtls Merzbau on Carlo Mollino prompted me to Google for the term biomorphism once more and there it was, the image I had found on the web a couple of years back but had since been unable to find again.

    Lost and found: biomorphism « Jahsonic 2007

  • Marc Newson incorporates a design style known as biomorphism to the various designs that he makes.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Invented by Treg Bradley and designed with the high-gloss biomorphism of superstar Karim Rashid, Grobal is ideal for cultivating house plants, flowers, herbs, orchids, and succulents.

    GROBAL GREENING: ‘Techno-Organic’ Self-Watering Planters | Inhabitat 2008

  • Previously on Jahsonic: Lost and found: biomorphism

    Happy birthday Luigi Colani « Jahsonic 2008

  • Previously on Jahsonic: Lost and found: biomorphism

    02 « August « 2008 « Jahsonic 2008

  • Previously on Jahsonic: Lost and found: biomorphism ...

    Lost and found: biomorphism « Jahsonic 2007

  • Today's monochrome skylines may give way to a riot of biomorphism; buildings might look more like tumors than constructions as we know them.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Mac 2006

  • Within Surrealism he sees two basic styles: biomorphism, primarily in Arp, and spatial illusionism, principally in Magritte and Dali.

    The D-S Expedition: Part I Shattuck, Roger 1972

  • The earliest painting here, "Crime Meets Crime," owes much to Matta's sexy biomorphism, but adds original touches, like the network of white lines, made of dots and dashes, that links elements in the composition.

    NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.