leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller This print brings an unusual

This print brings an unusual

"A Rose" reflects Anshutz's simultaneous appreciation of Eakins's academic rigor and psychological probing and John Singer Sargent's painterly freedom

Source: Städel Museum

and the symmetry gives it a classic

was a Belgian painter

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller This print brings an unusualSmaller 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