PALEOART

PALEOART

Subject : Art & Culture

Context : In the early nineteenth century, artists mingled science with fantasy to recreate dinosaurs for in style creativeness, often exhibiting them in apocalyptic forests with an erupting volcano within the background.

Concept :

• It is a genre of art in which the artist depicts prehistoric life based on scientific evidence.
• It began in 1800s, with the discovery of the first fossils from the Mesozoic era.
• The Paleoart is continuously adjusting to new evidence, as one small discovery can completely distort the dinosaurs we have imagined for so long.
• While paleoart is typically defined as being scientifically informed, it is often the basis of depictions of prehistoric animals in popular culture, which in turn influences public perception of and fuels interest in these animals.
• The term “paleoart” which is a portmanteau of paleo, the Ancient Greek word for “old,” and “art” was introduced in the late 1980s by Mark Hallett for art that depicts subjects related to paleontology.