chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel horrormovie throwing himself into the exciting

throwing himself into the exciting theories of modern art that were making their way across the Atlantic from Europe

partly under the pseudonyms Nikolaus Burger (an allusion to his hometown) and Simon Mölzlagl

Title: Forbidden Planet

Date: 1917

Utagawa Hiroshige

chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel horrormovie throwing himself into the excitingAncient, patient and beautifully patterned, sea turtles glide across this Haeckel plate with their shells rendered in intricate mosaics of brown, amber and green. Ernst Haeckel composed the sheet so that each turtle shows off the geometry of its carapace, the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries. The print is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the 100