zoomorphism

IPA: zˈumˈɔrfɪzʌm

The representation of gods as animals or the attributing of animal characteristics to gods.
(art, literature) The use of animal figures in art and design or of animal symbols in literature.
The viewing of human behavior in terms of the behavior of animals.

Examples of "zoomorphism" in Sentences

See also blood libel, zoomorphism.
Zoomorphism is the shaping of something in animal form or terms.
"This approach of zoomorphism exists in every culture and has cultural specifics.
Kotek says: "The fourth motif - zoomorphism - is a very common theme throughout the world.
It is my contention that AI, and particularly robotics, exploits natural human zoomorphism.
Lam explored zoomorphism, like his contemporaries Arshile Gorky and Matta, but he almost never ventured into pure abstraction.
Medieval popular almanacs, learned treatises, texts and images from the ancient East jostle with a treasure trove of photographs on every subject from astrolabes to zoomorphism.
Biomorphism connects with anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, Casa Milà, Surrealism, the grotesque, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Isamu Noguchi, Carlo Mollino, Luigi Colani in the visual realm and with literary tropes in the work of H. P. Lovecraft and Lautréamont; and provides a potent antidote to sexless modernism.