No. 127 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Starfish (Haeckel)
Pictures by Ernst Haeckel
Coral-red starfish and their delicate young forms gather in a symmetrical plate from Ernst Haeckel's Art Forms in Nature. Haeckel, a German zoologist, drew sea creatures as ornament, and his plates went on to inspire Art Nouveau. For someone who loves the sea and the wonders in it.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / STARFISH / Asteridea / A starfish can grow back a lost arm, and some can grow a whole new body from a single arm. It eats by pushing its stomach out through its mouth. / 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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