Editing Teleost (section)

=== In art ===

Teleost fishes have been frequent subjects in art, reflecting their economic importance, for at least 14,000 years. They were commonly worked into patterns in [[Art of ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]], acquiring [[Classical mythology|mythological significance]] in [[Greek mythology|Ancient Greece]] and [[Roman mythology|Rome]], and from there into [[Christianity]] as a [[Christian symbolism#Ichthys|religious symbol]]; artists in China and Japan similarly use fish images symbolically. Teleosts became common in [[Renaissance art]], with [[still life]] paintings reaching a peak of popularity in the [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Netherlands in the 17th century]]. In the 20th century, different artists such as [[Paul Klee|Klee]], [[René Magritte|Magritte]], [[Henri Matisse|Matisse]] and [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] used representations of teleosts to express radically different themes, from attractive to violent.<ref name=Moyle>{{cite journal |last1=Moyle |first1=Peter B. |last2=Moyle |first2=Marilyn A. |title=Introduction to fish imagery in art |journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes |date=May 1991|volume=31|issue=1 |pages=5–23 |doi=10.1007/bf00002153 |bibcode=1991EnvBF..31....5M |s2cid=33458630}}</ref> The zoologist and artist [[Ernst Haeckel]] painted teleosts and other animals in his 1904 ''[[Kunstformen der Natur]]''. Haeckel had become convinced by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] and [[Alexander von Humboldt]] that by making accurate depictions of unfamiliar natural forms, such as from the deep oceans, he could not only discover "the laws of their origin and evolution but also to press into the secret parts of their beauty by sketching and painting".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Robert J. |title=The Tragic Sense of Ernst Haeckel: His Scientific and Artistic Struggles |url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rjr6/articles/Kunsthalle2.pdf |publisher=[[University of Chicago]]|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

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Maler der Grabkammer des Menna 003.jpg|Wall painting of fishing, Tomb of Menna the scribe, Thebes, [[Art of ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]], {{Circa|1422}}–1411 BC
Antonio tanari, pesci, 1610-30 ca..JPG|[[Italian Renaissance]]: ''Fish'', Antonio Tanari, {{circa|1610}}–1630, in the Medici Villa, [[Poggio a Caiano]]
Willem Ormea & Abraham Willaerts - Vis Stilleven met stormachtige zeeën.jpg|[[Dutch Golden Age painting]]: ''Fish Still Life with Stormy Seas'', [[Willem Ormea]] and [[Abraham Willaerts]], 1636
Mandarin Fish by Bian Shoumin.jpg|''Mandarin Fish'' by Bian Shoumin, [[Qing dynasty]], 18th century
Saito Oniwakamaru.jpg|Saito Oniwakamaru fights a giant carp at the Bishimon waterfall by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century
Van Gogh - Stillleben mit Makrelen, Zitronen und Tomaten.jpeg|''Still Life with [[Mackerel]], Lemons and Tomato'', [[Vincent van Gogh]], 1886
Haeckel Teleostei.jpg|''Teleostei'' by [[Ernst Haeckel]], 1904. Four species, surrounded by scales<!--Fish scales and dramatically aberrant species (sea dragon, sea horse, angler fish) emphasise the exotic qualities of the group.-->
Haeckel Ostraciontes.jpg|''Ostraciontes'' by Ernst Haeckel, 1904. Ten teleosts, with ''[[Lactoria cornuta]]'' in centre.
Fish Magic.JPG|''Fish Magic'', [[Paul Klee]], oil and watercolour varnished, 1925
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