hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm native women

native women

Original from the Metropolitian Museum of Art

Saÿen (née Thomas)

This print brings personality and a touch of wit to a wall

Stefanie Glax worked in the field of liberal arts

hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm native womenGlass sponges are nature's master glassblowers, building intricate skeletons from pure silica and this Haeckel plate shows them as the architectural wonders they are. Lattice like tubes and baskets rise across the sheet in pale ivory and gold, their delicate mesh walls drawn with a precision that makes them look almost engineered, like miniature cathedrals from the deep sea. The illustration belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature),