hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel peacock repeating pattern

repeating pattern

Place of origin: New Zealand

Creator: Jaques Fabien Gautier D’Agoty

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist

hexactinellae sponge fine art print ernst haeckel peacock repeating patternGlass 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),