Kunstformen der Natur, Tafel 33 – Bryozoa (1904)

Highlights

• Kunstformen der Natur (Tafel 33) BHL47388135 by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) — a faithful museum-quality reproduction of a celebrated natural-history illustration.
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Description

This striking plate from Ernst Haeckel's landmark scientific art book 'Kunstformen der Natur' (Art Forms in Nature, 1904) depicts an intricate arrangement of Bryozoa — microscopic colonial aquatic invertebrates — rendered in precise black-and-white lithographic detail against a dark background. The composition showcases dozens of individual colony forms, from globular spiky clusters to fan-like lattice structures, demonstrating Haeckel's celebrated fusion of rigorous natural science and ornate Victorian illustration. 'Kunstformen der Natur,' published in ten installments between 1899 and 1904 by the German biologist and artist Haeckel, profoundly influenced the Art Nouveau movement and remains a foundational reference in natural history illustration.