leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel geometric this is a grounding

this is a grounding

and its dark background and metallic-feeling detail give it real depth on a pale wall

he moved to Chambéry where he became a junior deputy editor of the weekly political magazine La Savoie

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leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel geometric this is a groundingSmaller 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