hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel algae and it is easy to

and it is easy to see why — the symmetry is hypnotic and the colours feel almost lit from within

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist

His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictoral record of all the bird species of North America

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who worked in various styles

hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel algae and it is easy toGlass sponges are nature's master glassblowers, building intricate skeletons from pure silica and this Haeckel plate shows them as the architectural wonders they are. Lattice like tubes and baskets rise across the sheet in pale ivory and gold, their delicate mesh walls drawn with a precision that makes them look almost engineered, like miniature cathedrals from the deep sea. The illustration belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature),