- Title
- Wild Visions: an artistic investigation into animal vision
- Creator
- Sailer, Prunella May
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- As human beings, we view the world from a distinctly human perspective, shaped by our experiences, culture, and the capabilities and limitations of our vision. If we were to imagine ourselves behind the eyes of animals, which can function within vastly different visual parameters, how might the world look from their perspective? As an artist, I am inspired by this question and the creative possibilities it presents. In this research project I have selected seven species that represent a cross-section of the animal world's optical diversity and investigated the characteristics of their vision according to published scientific data. The functionality of each species' vision is determined by their eye structure, visible colour spectrum, visual acuity, visual fields and their typical habitat and behaviour. These details have been used as the basis for a series of artworks that comprise four works for each species. The first is a series of drawings describing the typical posture and head movements of each species. The other three sets are oil paintings, illustrating a close-up of each animals eye or eyes, a view of the animal in its typical habitat from a human perspective, and my interpretation of the way each animal is likely to see its own habitat. These artworks represent just the beginning of an investigation that has the potential to communicate to an unlimited audience the fascinating research being conducted in the field of animal vision, through the visual medium of natural history illustration.
- Subject
- natural history illustration; interpretation; animal vision; art; eyes
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1061102
- Identifier
- uon:16886
- Rights
- Copyright 2013 Prunella May Sailer
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
- Hits: 1376
- Visitors: 1669
- Downloads: 243
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | ATTACHMENT01 | Abstract | 1 MB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download | ||
| View Details Download | ATTACHMENT02 | Thesis | 172 MB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |