Ernst Haeckel
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
I have a love-hate relationship with Biology. It was a compulsory course, and in my young frivolous days, I did not particularly care to understand how things in nature worked. The only saving grace in my twice-a-week misery were the beautiful biological illustrations. Who would have thought such fascinatingly detailed sketches would appear in those endless exercises of toad dissections, pickled organs and the occasional fainting spell? I never did figure out who the illustrators were, though I always wondered how anyone interested in something as vomit-inducing as innards or microscopic and onion cells could produce such delicate sketches. Well, today I came across just someone who does that – German biologist Ernst Haeckel.
No. 1 — September 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
What book are these images from, some more info would be appreciated.
No. 2 — September 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Amazing work. I love these.
No. 3 — September 5th, 2009 at 6:09 am
these really are stunning – they look almost like drawings of jewelry or clothing – beautiful.
No. 4 — September 7th, 2009 at 4:06 am
he has a few books out – his famous one is ‘art forms in nature’
No. 5 — September 8th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Jeremy – heard of Google?
No. 6 — October 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 am
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