Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel

by Ernst Haeckel

Book Overview

The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which even in their day, became world famous. Haeckel's portfolio, first published between 1899 and 1904 in separate installments, is described...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791319906
• ISBN13: 9783791319902
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 11.7"

Customer Reviews

Not what was expected

The illustrations are beautiful but be advised all images are black and white

Lovely

Not much more to say besides Haeckel is a genius. Love his work. This makes a great coffee table book.

Second copy purchased!

This book is a must have for any artist. This is the second copy I have purchased, as a gift for a very talented father in law. Being an artist, I am constantly looking for inspiration and this book delivers that in abundance! How nature created these natural forms.....is simply amazing.....you have to be in awe of them. If for nothing else, the beauty of these pictures will amaze you.....and to some of you, you may even know what they are! To me, they are art.

I Love This Book

I purchased this book as a reference book for my personal library and found that my children also love it. The illustrations are stunning and helpful on both an artistic and scientific level. I highly reccomend this book for artists and for anyone interested in nature (including children). My 10 year old lovers to try to draw the images and identify them. This book is not for someone looking for photographic images.

stunning

I'm not kidding when I say this book has changed my life. Visually stunning, unimaginably beautiful.

Science can be art and art can be science

Many patterns in nature are often overlooked. Haeckel captures the natural beauty of living creatures, presenting them in such a way as to spotlight their delicate forms. This black and white rendition of Haeckel's artwork is very impressive, adding a quality perhaps more pleasing to the modern eye than the color originals. Although no written text accompanies the plates, one still understands what the artist is conveying. Haeckel's grouping of the organisms in a very detailed, scientific manner is at the same time aesthetically pleasing to both scientists and nonscientists.