florideae delesseria algae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Original from The Cleveland Museum

Original from The Cleveland Museum of Art

graphic art

theatrical productions

introducing a new approach to kachōga or kacho (bird-and-flower painting)

Haeckel applied the same eye for symmetry and ornament to these jewel-like birds

florideae delesseria algae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Original from The Cleveland MuseumRed algae rarely get their moment in the spotlight, but Ernst Haeckel gives the delicate Delesseria the reverence of a stained glass window. Translucent, leaf like blades in crimson and rose fan out across the plate, their fine veining and rippled edges rendered with the care most artists reserve for flowers. The effect is surprisingly luminous seaweed transformed into something jewel like. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms