discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm Little was known about cephalopoda

Little was known about cephalopoda in the 1900s

characterful vintage marine art with real scientific roots

matte paper

and arts and crafts

magnified into art

discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm Little was known about cephalopodaA second study of disc jellyfish, and a perfect companion to Haeckel's most famous plate. Here a different cast of medusae floats across the sheet, their bells patterned in warm corals and cool blues, tentacles streaming behind them in graceful, calligraphic lines. Ernst Haeckel's gift was to make these soft, near formless animals look architectural every curve deliberate, every arrangement balanced. The illustration is from Kunstformen der Natur (Art