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Art & Anthropomorphism
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![Print, The masked life, La Robotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1266504_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds, Alan Berry Rhys](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141049_1_grid.jpg)
Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds
Alan Berry Rhys
Print - 62 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$257
![Painting, Monsieur Flamant, Golnaz Afraz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135047_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled (Royal Officer 2), Prince Obasi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149662_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (Royal Officer 2)
Prince Obasi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$4,500
![Print, Degas, Markus Pierson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2082906_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, When Mrs. Jenkins saw how good Jimmy could do it, she picked him as the judge for Miss Dog America, Donald Roller Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992565_1_grid.jpg)
When Mrs. Jenkins saw how good Jimmy could do it, she picked him as the judge for Miss Dog America
Donald Roller Wilson
Print - 76.2 x 51.4 cm Print - 30 x 20.25 inch
$4,500
![Print, Sans titre, Cécile Gambini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151012_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Karine Rougier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/90022_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Boss Tiger, Yaniv Edery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157302_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tororeador, Perrotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ladybirds, Dominik Jasinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Animal podcast, Gevorg Sinanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Douce Vierge, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691296_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Homme-Oiseau, Enrique Marin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/438126_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cat woman on green, Marian Williams](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2100048_1_grid.jpg)
Cat woman on green
Marian Williams
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,957 $1,565
![Sculpture, Love Louve Camille (gauche, droite), Jean-Robert Drouillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/284230_1_grid.jpg)
Love Louve Camille (gauche, droite)
Jean-Robert Drouillard
Sculpture - 34 x 7.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 3 x 3.5 inch
$7,600
![Painting, Curiosités Bird 02, Karenina Fabrizzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/949065_1_grid.jpg)
Curiosités Bird 02
Karenina Fabrizzi
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$257
![Print, Papa Poule, Mister Pee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589740_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La ronde des masques, Franck-Bernard Gaulier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1398936_1_grid.jpg)
La ronde des masques
Franck-Bernard Gaulier
Painting - 28 x 81 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 31.9 x 0.1 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Primal, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1199319_1_grid.jpg)
Primal
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,795
Art & Anthropomorphism
Of Greek origin, the term anthropomorphism is composed of the words "human being" and "form". In simple terms, anthropomorphism occurs when the characteristics of human beings are attributed to objects or creatures that are not human, such as gods, animals, phenomena or even ideas.
Anthropomorphism is already found in Egyptian art where natural phenomena, the cosmos, places as well as abstract concepts were early depicted as human-looking deities. The style continues to appeal to artists throughout the ages. For example, the master of surrealism, Salvador Dali, depicts in "The Anthropomorphic Cabinet" a woman whose chest is composed of open drawers, a symbolic representation of memory.
Anthropomorphism is also used in literature and in the visual arts. Indeed, writers, such as Lewis Carroll and the rabbit of Alice in Wonderland or Jean de la Fontaine and his fables, are fond of it. In cinema and animation films, Walt Disney, who transforms into a living being any object of our daily life and humanizes the pet or wild animal, is an outstanding anthropomorphist.
Our friends the animals are the favorite subject of anthropomorphs, whose purpose is generally to express a vision or a characteristic of the human race or society. Loved or feared, animal species have always fascinated man. They remind us that our behavior is not so far from that of our fellow chimpanzees and that, strangely, some animals are sometimes much more human than we are. Man has always played on these similarities to express, in another way, his deepest instincts.
But what about contemporary painters and photographers? Artsper has selected for you some works that will make you look at your dog with a different eye!