leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Date: 1907

Date: 1907

Weber deconstructed the human figure into component parts

and the aesthetic

Title: „Drie zwarte paarden staand naar links lijkend“

3 oz/yd² (170-180 g/m²)

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Date: 1907Smaller 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