stephoidea tympanidium fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Original from the Minneapolis Institute

Original from the Minneapolis Institute of Art

postcards and graphic art

both humorous and grim

In his 1897 portfolio "L'animal dans la décoration"

Place of origin: Mexico

stephoidea tympanidium fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Original from the Minneapolis InstituteIf proof were needed that nature invented geometry first, it is here. The radiolarians of this plate are microscopic, single celled organisms that build impossibly intricate skeletons from silica rings, lattices and arched frameworks that look like the work of a master architect. Ernst Haeckel, who discovered and named thousands of radiolarian species, drew them in luminous detail against a dark ground, every strut and sphere perfectly placed. The