Taxidermy is such a beautiful artform – but how realistic is it?
The artform involves taking the outside skin of the actual animal, and placing it on top of a studio recreated internal structure of said animal. But can you trust a taxidermy recreation in a Natural History Museum?
Have a look at this taxidermy recreation in comparison to the real polar bear.
Look at the differences between the two images above… is taxidermy really capturing the likeness of the animal?
How much of the taxidermy animal is actually factually correct, and how much is ‘scientific’ artistic liberty? Should scientists and curators be in charge of reconstructing natural life…
Great Tit
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