Animalia: Day 145
The Seahorse
I based this seahorse design on a Dutch 17th century
ornamental style referred to as the auricular or Kwab style.
The most famous example is this 1614 ewer by Adam van Vianen:
There was an exhibition about Kwab at the Rijksmuseum in 2018,
and an associated symposium, during which I drew the seahorse.
Kwab is very melty and bodily. It's basically 17th century
H.R.Giger w/ a hint of Cronenberg, but prettier.
Still, lots of bodily forms, some pretty sexually charged,
some very sea creature-y, others kind of demonic.
Some examples from the exhibition:
And here are some other doodles from that Kwab symposium:
Tomorrow: the sea scorpion
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