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Definition of Biomorph
1. Noun. Any non-representational form based on the shape or appearance of a living organism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biomorph
1. an art form resembling a living organism in shape [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biomorph
Literary usage of Biomorph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred Cort Haddon (1914)
"Whereas the final term of the life-history of the biomorph is, so to speak, senile
decay, the result of heteromorphism is a teratological transformation. ..."
2. Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred Cort Haddon (1907)
"Whereas the final term of the life-history of the biomorph is, so to speak, senile
decay, the result of heteromorphism is a teratological transformation. ..."
3. Club Types of Nuclear Polynesia by William Churchill (1917)
"The biomorph is almost wholly absent. The spiral vine on the Fijian billet 3147
a, figure 58, may be taken as in part a ..."
4. Questions on the Philosophy of Art by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1897)
"In what sense is the stage a biomorph of life ? (A 4.)—An examination of art-works
reveals the fact that, on the whole, they act as stimuli of our ..."
5. A Popular Handbook to the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum by Edward Tyas Cook (1903)
"632 coins, 544 Bienkowski, P., cited, 694 Biliotti, Sir Alfred, 311, 361, 566
Billing', Dr, A., his Science of Gems, 630 biomorph, ..."
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