leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm while its scientific origin keeps

while its scientific origin keeps it feeling smart rather than cartoonish

Title: „Drie zwarte paarden staand naar links lijkend“

Zita Johann

when images of his homeland came to him as clearly as when he first arrived in America in 1896

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm while its scientific origin keepsSmaller and more intricate than Haeckel's famous disc jellyfish, the leptomedusae in this plate are tiny hydrozoan bells, drawn with a jeweller's attention to detail. Their fine radial canals, fringed margins and threadlike tentacles are arranged in a balanced, almost kaleidoscopic composition, set against a deep background so that each pale bell seems to float and glow. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst