No. 67 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Jellyfish
Pictures by Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel's jellyfish drift with curling tentacles around a great round medusa, drawn in soft pink and sea green from his Art Forms in Nature. The German zoologist drew sea creatures as symmetrical ornament, and his plates went on to inspire Art Nouveau. For someone who loves the sea and the strange beauty of nature.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / JELLYFISH / Trachomedusae / Many small jellyfish are as clear as glass, so fish cannot see them. Some glow in the dark, and one jellyfish's glowing protein is now used in laboratories all over the world. / 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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