Art–Science collaboration: Paleontology inspired by intercultural surrealist representations
The collaboration between art and science provides a powerful avenue for addressing complex scientific challenges and fostering intercultural communication. However, the intersection of paleontology, surrealism, and paleoart remains underexplored, presenting a critical gap in art-science scholarship...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/407751 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/407751 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Art-Science collaboration Surrealism and paleontology Paleoart Salvador Dalí fossil art Amber fossil inclusions Intercultural visual representation Scientific illustration in paleontology |
| Sumario: | The collaboration between art and science provides a powerful avenue for addressing complex scientific challenges and fostering intercultural communication. However, the intersection of paleontology, surrealism, and paleoart remains underexplored, presenting a critical gap in art-science scholarship. This study investigates how paleontological inquiry can be inspired by intercultural surrealistic representations, focusing on the works of Salvador Dalí and Cuban artists Roberto Alvarez Ríos, Jorge Camacho, and Agustín Cárdenas. Using a qualitative visual analysis, the study examined artistic depictions of arthropods and skeletal forms and related them to fossil evidence, particularly amber inclusions and mineralized tissues. The methodological framework incorporated paleoart as a scientific illustration practice informed by artistic imagination and symbolic representation. Findings reveal that surrealistic imagery not only parallels morphological features found in paleontological specimens but also stimulates novel perspectives on evolutionary history. The study concludes that intercultural surrealism, when integrated with paleontological research, offers a meaningful framework for interdisciplinary collaboration. These insights have important implications for expanding the scope of scientific illustration, advancing cross-cultural understanding in science communication, and developing innovative methodologies in both scientific and artistic domains. |
|---|