No. 3 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Disc Jellyfish
Pictures by Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel's disc jellyfish drift across the cover in blue, coral and gold, their long tentacles curling like lace, from his Art Forms in Nature. Haeckel named the jellyfish at the centre of this plate after his first wife, Anna Sethe, who died young, and his plates went on to inspire Art Nouveau. For someone who loves the sea and the beauty of nature.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / DISC JELLYFISH / Discomedusae / Haeckel named the jellyfish with long trailing tentacles at the centre of this plate after his first wife, Anna Sethe, who died young. / Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), 1899-1904 / Ernst Haeckel, the German zoologist, drew sea creatures as symmetrical ornament; his plates inspired Art Nouveau.
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