chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese Original from rawpixel

Original from rawpixel

He preferred drawing for its immediacy

and it works as a subtle

leaf-like blades in crimson and rose fan out across the plate

Among de Mesquita's most beautiful works are his portraits

chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese Original from rawpixelAncient, patient and beautifully patterned, sea turtles glide across this Haeckel plate with their shells rendered in intricate mosaics of brown, amber and green. Ernst Haeckel composed the sheet so that each turtle shows off the geometry of its carapace, the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries. The print is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the 100