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Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834–1919) was renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism. His work was credited with having caused the acceptance of Darwinism in Europe, and his popular studies ― preaching the continuity of all life, organic and inorganic, from prehistoric time to the present ― converted tens of thousands of readers all over the world. Today, although no one is greatly interested in Haeckel the biologist-philosopher, his work is increasingly prized for something he himself would probably have considered secondary. These are the remarkable plates with which his work was illustrated, particularly his famous Kunstformen.
The Kunstformen contains 100 beautiful lithographic plates which show a multitude of unusual life forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, and other forms of microscopic life; jellyfishes, starfishes, calcareous sponges, star corals, barnacles, and other sea life; mosses, lichens, red algae, ferns, fungi, orchids, and other plants; and turtles, moths, spiders, bats, frogs, lizards, hummingbirds, and antelope. With many drawings on each plate, each carefully drawn from nature, the subtle details of nature's art forms are easily compared and appreciated.
In addition to being marvelous renderings, these plates have long been noted for the peculiar emotional appeal that they have for most viewers, a premonition of surrealism with exotic organic life forms stretching back to their roots in the inorganic, and individual details drawn with awareness of subtle evolutionary changes and millennia-long developments. Artists, illustrators, and others will find them still powerful as one of the landmarks of applied art.
In addition to being marvelous renderings, these plates have long been noted for the peculiar emotional appeal that they have for most viewers, a premonition of surrealism with exotic organic life forms stretching back to their roots in the inorganic, and individual details drawn with awareness of subtle evolutionary changes and millennia-long developments. Artists, illustrators, and others will find them still powerful as one of the landmarks of applied art.
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Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a pioneering German scientist, credited with popularising Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in Germany. He discovered and named thousands of new species in his lifetime, and coined many biological terms still in use today, such as ‘ecology’. His magnum opus, ‘Art Forms in Nature’ (1904), couples his analytical mind with his creative spirit.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5très belles images; rever du traité botanique! a voir, encore!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The artistic detail & variety of plant & animal life were humbling
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5THE ILLUSTRATIONS are excellent worth my time to view all of them.
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Art Forms in Nature - Ernst Haeckel
DOVER PICTORIAL ARCHIVE SERIES
MICROSCOPIC ART FORMS FROM THE PLANT WORLD, R. Anheisser. (0-486-46013-4)
SNOW CRYSTALS, W. A. Bentley and W. J. Humphreys. (0-486-20287-9)
BESLER’S BOOK OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS: 73 FULL-COLOR PLATES FROM HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS, 1613, Basilius Besler. (0-486-46005-3)
PLANTS AND FLOWERS: 1761 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, Edited by Alan E. Bessette and William K. Chapman. (0-486-26957-4)
ART FORMS IN THE PLANT WORLD: 120 FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS, Karl Blossfeldt. (0-486-24990-5)
NATURAL ART FORMS, Karl Blossfeldt. (0-486-40003-4)
101 DOG ILLUSTRATIONS: A PICTORIAL ARCHIVE OF CHAMPIONSHIP BREEDS, Gladys Emerson Cook. (0-486-45438-X)
ART NOUVEAU STENCIL DESIGNS, A. Desaint. (0-486-45426-6)
PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORIC ORNAMENT: 100 PLATES, INCLUDING 75 IN FULL COLOR, Edited by H. Dolmetsch. (0-486-42834-6)
FULL-COLOR JAPANESE DESIGNS AND MOTIFS, Dover. (0-486-44891-6)
RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CEILING MASTERPIECES, Dover. (0-486-46529-2)
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK KIMONO DESIGNS IN FULL COLOR, Dover. (0-486-45602-1)
150 FULL-COLOR ART NOUVEAU PATTERNS AND DESIGNS, Friedrich Wolfrum and Co. (0-486-44511-9)
381 OLD-FASHIONED HOLIDAY VIGNETTES IN FULL COLOR, Edited
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