Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

Release Date: 2004-01-01

Runtime: 60

Languages: English

Rating: 4

Votes: 2

Genres: Documentary | Animation | History

Director: David Lebrun

Description: The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologis...The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.Read More

Production Companies:

Night Fire Films