stephoidea tympanidium fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm the tall "haircap" mosses

the tall "haircap" mosses

with some claiming he made as many as twenty thousand prints during his career

License: Public Domain

Their fine radial canals

created the decor of the Theatre Français as well as the Hôtel de Ville

stephoidea tympanidium fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm the tall "haircap" mossesIf proof were needed that nature invented geometry first, it is here. The radiolarians of this plate are microscopic, single celled organisms that build impossibly intricate skeletons from silica rings, lattices and arched frameworks that look like the work of a master architect. Ernst Haeckel, who discovered and named thousands of radiolarian species, drew them in luminous detail against a dark ground, every strut and sphere perfectly placed. The