Kunstformen der Natur
Art Forms of Nature is a book by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, mainly containing lithographs. It was originally published in ten separate volumes 1899-1904 and finally as a complete edition in 1904.
Description
The book contains 100 prints, with panels of different organisms, most of which were ever first described by Haeckel. They represent a selection of over 1,000 stitches, which arose on the basis of sketches and watercolors Haeckel during his lifetime.
Particularly noteworthy are the representations of various radiolarians ( Radiolaria ), which are particularly popular since the publication of the book to this day among the laity micro copiers. A large number of other representations shows cnidarians, such as sea anemones, jellyfish and state flags jellyfish. The first volume also contained annasethe Desmonema (now Cyanea annasethe ) a particularly beautiful jellyfish that Haeckel had named after his wife Anna Sethe.
Art forms of nature influenced to a high degree the art of the first half of the 20th century and formed a bridge between it and the science. The work is associated generally with the Art Nouveau style. Affected artists have included René Binet, Karl Blossfeldt, Hans Christiansen, and Émile Gallé Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
Expenditure
- Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms of Nature. , This issue set 100 flash cards with descriptive text ( edition of 1904), revised, four-color, Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2004, ISBN 978-3937715-17-9
- Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature: the one hundred color plates in facsimile with descriptive text, general explanation and systematic overview, Neudr the First Edition, Leipzig, Vienna, bibliogr. Inst, 1998 = 1904 ( in Faks quality) ISBN 3-7913-1979-5
- Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature, Dover Publications, Inc., 1974 ( in english, original text Replaced by publisher notes ) ISBN 0-486-22987-4
Examples
Arachnida
Prosobranch
Radiolarians
Hummingbirds
Fledertier
Frog