leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel geometric best known for his design

best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences

moss and red-algae plates

and its dark background and metallic-feeling detail give it real depth on a pale wall

and painter

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel geometric best known for his designSmaller and more intricate than Haeckel's famous disc jellyfish, the leptomedusae in this plate are tiny hydrozoan bells, drawn with a jeweller's attention to detail. Their fine radial canals, fringed margins and threadlike tentacles are arranged in a balanced, almost kaleidoscopic composition, set against a deep background so that each pale bell seems to float and glow. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst