Haeckel was a biologist and artist who made prints of countless species and phyla of lifeforms.
"Kunstformen der Natur," or Art Forms in Nature is a series of prints each highlighting a particular phylum or class.
Antelopes
Turtles
Moths
Moss (this one is really close up)
Nudibranchs. Here is a real life one:
Orchids
Conifers
Haeckel made 100 of these in Art Forms in Nature, so I'm not going to show them all. But here are some more exotic ones:
Siphonophores
Box Jellyfish
Copepods (not so exotic, actually, they are apparently the most numerous animals on Earth)
Pitcher plants (an evil group of plants that eat
I think Haeckel deserves to be considered a great artist because of his
mastery of the art of symmetry:
I like the turtles, the plants, and whatever the last one is. You could add more background information, but good post.
ReplyDeletethese are really amazing. i like the artistic approach to biology. i think it's great that you included so much art
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