Ernst Haeckel
Actiniae
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Floral & botanical
Campanariae
Ernst Haeckel, 1904
Delicate colonies of tiny marine hydroids, drawn with careful precision by Ernst Haeckel for his 1904 collection of natural forms.
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About this artwork
Campanariae is plate 45 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, published in 1904. The plate brings together a group of small marine colonies, each shown with its feeding polyps, known as hydranths, and its reproductive buds, called gonophores. One colony also has defensive polyps, and one species appears as a free-swimming medusa. Among those pictured are Obelia geniculata, Obelia lucifera, Clytia hemisphaerica and Opercularella lacerata. Each is set out as a separate study, so the eye moves from one branching form to the next. Haeckel was a zoologist and marine biologist as well as an artist, and the plate reflects that dual interest in close observation and graceful arrangement.
On your wall: Its fine, branching forms and natural-history subject suit a study, library, hallway or calm living space, especially alongside other botanical or scientific prints.
- Title
- Campanariae
- Artist
- Ernst Haeckel
- Year
- 1904
- Style
- Floral & botanical
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Text based on Wikimedia Commons.
About Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a German zoologist, naturalist, physician and professor who also worked as an artist. He described and named thousands of new species, drew a family tree linking all living things, and coined terms such as ecology and phylum. He helped introduce Charles Darwin's ideas to Germany.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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