Art Forms from the Ocean: The Radiolarian Prints of Ernst Haeckel

This volume features commentary and descriptions of each of the radiolarians from Haeckel's work.. At the nexus of art and science, this dazzling new edition of Ernst Haeckel's first work reintroduces the genius of an enigmatic scientist and passionate observer of the natural world. Although original editions of this book are extremely rare, it is now available for the first time in a paperback edition, beautifully reproducing his drawings and watercolours. While the variety and detail of Haeckel's drawings display an impressive understanding of biological structure, the skill with which Haeckel drew these tiny, aquatic protozoa renders them genuine works of art

Compellingly seductive." -- Art Times, July 2005"These otherwordly organisms are beautifully reproduced here, making this volume a work of natural history and a work of art." -- Northeastern Naturalist, December 2006. "A remarkable array of the artist’s exquisitely detailed representations of microscopic aquatic life

Get the Other Book by the Same Publisher Stanley C. Sargent The publisher has two Haeckel art books available, the other being ART FORMS IN NATURE, which is the better of the two. It is better because it contains a lot more of Haeckel's wonderful drawings than the OCEAN book. Many of the images from the NATURE book are duplicated in the OCEAN book, although there are some that are not in the NATURE book and some that are different in part.I love the artwork and find it. "Lovely" according to Graham. This contains Lovely This contains 35 full page hand coloured plates with a 23 page illustrated introduction. In the plates section, the right hand page contains the illustration, and the left hand page is mostly blank except for the short plate description. It differs from Prestel's "Art Forms in Nature" which has around 100 hand coloured plates, with plates on both sides of the page. Google for Kunstformen der Natur (1900) to se. 5 full page hand coloured plates with a 2Lovely This contains 35 full page hand coloured plates with a 23 page illustrated introduction. In the plates section, the right hand page contains the illustration, and the left hand page is mostly blank except for the short plate description. It differs from Prestel's "Art Forms in Nature" which has around 100 hand coloured plates, with plates on both sides of the page. Google for Kunstformen der Natur (1900) to se. page illustrated introduction. In the plates section, the right hand page contains the illustration, and the left hand page is mostly blank except for the short plate description. It differs from Prestel's "Art Forms in Nature" which has around 100 hand coloured plates, with plates on both sides of the page. Google for Kunstformen der Natur (1900) to se. Haeckel's illustrations are phenomenal and are Uber-inspirational. As an MermaidMorrigan Haeckel's illustrations are phenomenal and are Uber-inspirational. As an artist, this is a book that I'll keep and use forever.

Olaf Breidbach is the head of the Ernst Haeckel Haus in Jena, Germany, which is also the Institute for the History of Natural Science.