Art 17 Drawing Classifications of Life

Classifications of and Composition:

Balance:

Symmetrical

Asymmetrical

Radial

All-over

Symmetrical Balance:

(Giorgioni, Italian, 1503)

Asymmetrical Balance:

(Ito Jakuchu, 18th C. Japanese)

Radial Balance:

(MC Escher, 20th C. Belgium)

Radial Balance:

(MC Escher, 20th C. Belgium)

All-Over Balance:

(MC Escher, 20th C. Belgium)

All-Over Balance:

(MC Escher, 20th C. Belgium)

Asymmetrical Body Plans (sponges)

More life forms with radially-balanced body plans: Jelly Fish

Ernst Haeckel’sLithographs and engravings

(Lived 1834-1919)

Ernst Haeckel

Sea Anemones:

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: CnidariaClass: Anthozoa

Jelly Fish:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Scyphozoa

Jelly Fish:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Scyphozoa

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Malacostraca (shrimp)

Class: Maxillopoda (copepods)

Kingdom AnimaliaPhylum Bryozoa

(A predatory sea slug is included in this composition.)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Protisa

Phylum: Polycystina(Radiolarians)

Radiolarians are protists that produce intricate mineral skeletons. Most are found in the ocean.)

The protists (as opposed to Kingdom Animalia) have a relatively simple organization—either they are unicellular, or they are multicellular without specialized tissues.

Radiolaria:Phadeoardia

(Haeckel himself named nearly 150 new species of radiolarians.)

Radiolaria:Discoidia

Radiolaria:Polycyttarria

Radiolaria:Cyrtoidea

Radiolaria:Acanthophracta

Radiolaria:Phadeoardia

Radiolaria:Spumellaria

Student work: graphite and Prismacolor

Student work: ink and Prismacolor

Student work: ink and Prismacolor

Student work: ink

Student work: pastel and ink

Student work: charcoal, ink, and Prismacolor

Student work: ink and Prismacolor

Student work: pastel and ink

Student work: ink and Magic Marker

Student work: pastel and graphite

And now for a demonstration…