Peromedusae - Jellyfish artnouveau 'Forbidden Planet' is considered one

'Forbidden Planet' is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s

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Jean-Jacques Maquart

Place of origin: Belgium

and primarily used watercolor to capture impressions of subjects

Peromedusae - Jellyfish artnouveau 'Forbidden Planet' is considered oneThe coronate jellyfish of this plate come from the deeper, darker reaches of the ocean, and Haeckel drew them with a fittingly dramatic touch. Their crowned, grooved bells sit above short, sturdy tentacles, arranged in warm browns, reds and ambers against a shadowy background so that they seem to hang suspended in the deep. There is a richness and weight to these medusae that sets them apart from his paler jellyfish studies. The illustration is part