{"product_id":"art-forms-in-nature-revised","title":"Art Forms in Nature (Revised)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReprint of the plates from Kunstformen der Natur, published in 1904 by Verlag der Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig and Vienna;with brief captions replacing the original text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErnst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) was renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism. His work was credited with having caused the acceptance of Darwinism in Europe, and his popular studies―preaching the continuity of all life, organic and inorganic, from prehistoric time to the present―converted tens of thousands of readers all over the world. Today, although no one is greatly interested in Haeckel the biologist-philosopher, his work is increasingly prized for something he himself would probably have considered secondary. These are the remarkable plates with which his work was illustrated, particularly his famous \n\u003ci\u003eKunstformen. \u003c\/i\u003eThe \n\u003ci\u003eKunstformen\u003c\/i\u003e contains 100 beautiful lithographic plates which show a multitude of unusual life forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, and other forms of microscopic life; jellyfishes, starfishes, calcareous sponges, star corals, barnacles, and other sea life; mosses, lichens, red algae, ferns, fungi, orchids, and other plants; and turtles, moths, spiders, bats, frogs, lizards, hummingbirds, and antelope. With many drawings on each plate, each carefully drawn from nature, the subtle details of nature's art forms are easily compared and appreciated. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being marvelous renderings, these plates have long been noted for the peculiar emotional appeal that they have for most viewers, a premonition of surrealism with exotic organic life forms stretching back to their roots in the inorganic, and individual details drawn with awareness of subtle evolutionary changes and millennia-long developments. Artists, illustrators, and others will find them still powerful as one of the landmarks of applied art. \n\u003cbr\u003eComplete reprinting of all 100 plates from \n\u003ci\u003eKunstformen der Natur\u003c\/i\u003e (1904).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e2 Various species of Foraminifera (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e3 Various species of Ciliata (a class of Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e4 Various species of diatoms (a type of unicellular plant) \n\u003cbr\u003e5 Various species of calcareous sponges \n\u003cbr\u003e6 Various species of Tubulariidae (animals in the same biological class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e7 Various species of Siphonophora (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e8 Various species of Semaeostomeae (the most familiar order of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e9 Various species of star corals \n\u003cbr\u003e10 Various types of starfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e11 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e12 Various species of Protozoa related to the Foraminifera \n\u003cbr\u003e13 Various species of flagellates (a class of Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e14 \"Various species of Dinoflagellata (an order of the class of flagellates, formerly considered to be unicellular plants)\" \n\u003cbr\u003e15 Various species of brown seaweed (algae) \n\u003cbr\u003e16 Various species of Narcomedusae (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e17 Various species of Siphonophora (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e18 Various species of jellyfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e19 \"Various species of Pennatulacea (sea pens, a type of soft coral)\" \n\u003cbr\u003e20 Various species of sea-lilies (animals related to starfishes and sea-urchins) \n\u003cbr\u003e21 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e22 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e23 Various species of moss animals (marine animals living in colonies) \n\u003cbr\u003e24 Various species of Desmidiaceae (a type of unicellular algae) \n\u003cbr\u003e25 Various species of Sertulariidae (a family of hydriod polyps) \n\u003cbr\u003e26 Various species of Trachymedusae (related to hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e27 Various species of Cydippida (an order of comb jellies) \n\u003cbr\u003e28 Various species of Rhizostomeae (an order of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e29 Various species of star corals \n\u003cbr\u003e30 Various species of sea-urchins \n\u003cbr\u003e31 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e32 Various species of rotifers (a class of animals related to roundworms) \n\u003cbr\u003e33 Various species of moss animals (marine animals living in colonies) \n\u003cbr\u003e34 Various species of Hydrodictyaceae (colonial algae) \n\u003cbr\u003e35 Various species of glass sponges \n\u003cbr\u003e36 Various types of leptomedusae (related to hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e37 A species of Siphonophora (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e38 Various species of Periphylla (a genus of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e39 Various species of horny corals \n\u003cbr\u003e40 Various species of starfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e41 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e42 Various species of trunkfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e43 Various species of true sea slugs (Nudibranchia) \n\u003cbr\u003e44 Shells of various ammonites (extinct cephalopods) \n\u003cbr\u003e45 Various species of Campanulariidae (a family of hydroid polyps) \n\u003cbr\u003e46 Various types of anthomedusae (hydroids) \n\u003cbr\u003e47 Horseshoe crabs (center) and various species of their extinct ancestors (trilobites) \n\u003cbr\u003e48 Various species of stalked jellyfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e49 Various species of sea anemones (animals related to corals) \n\u003cbr\u003e50 Various species of sea-cucumbers (related to sea-urchins and starfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e51 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e52 Various species of Polyodiaceae (a family of ferns) \n\u003cbr\u003e53 Various species of marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia \n\u003cbr\u003e54 Various species of octopuses \n\u003cbr\u003e55 Various species of bivalves of the subclass Lamellibranchia \n\u003cbr\u003e56 Various species of crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda \n\u003cbr\u003e57 Various species of Cirripedia (barnacles and allies). The crab in the center is harboring a parasitic species of this subclass \n\u003cbr\u003e58 Various species of plume moths and of moths of the family Tinaeidae \n\u003cbr\u003e59 A species of Siphonophora (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e60 Various species of sea-urchins \n\u003cbr\u003e61 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e62 A Malaysian pitcher plant of the genus Nepenthes \n\u003cbr\u003e63 Various species of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes \n\u003cbr\u003e64 Various species of algae of the order of Siphonales \n\u003cbr\u003e65 Various species of red algae (Rhodophyceae) \n\u003cbr\u003e66 Various species of spiders and ticks \n\u003cbr\u003e67 Various species of bats \n\u003cbr\u003e68 \"Various species of frogs, including tree frogs\" \n\u003cbr\u003e69 Various species of star corals \n\u003cbr\u003e70 Various species of Gorgon-headed starfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e71 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e72 Various species of mosses \n\u003cbr\u003e73 Various species of fungi of the class Ascomycetes \n\u003cbr\u003e74 Various species of orchids \n\u003cbr\u003e75 Various species of flukes and tapeworms \n\u003cbr\u003e76 Various species of crustaceans \n\u003cbr\u003e77 Various species of Siphonophora (in the same class as hydras) \n\u003cbr\u003e78 Various species of sea wasps (an order of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e79 \"Various species of tropical lizards, including chameleon, gecko and collard lizard\" \n\u003cbr\u003e80 \"Various species of Blastoidea, extinct relative of starfishes\" \n\u003cbr\u003e81 Various species of Foraminifera (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e82 Various species of liverworts (related to mosses) \n\u003cbr\u003e83 Various species of lichens \n\u003cbr\u003e84 Various species of diatoms (a type of unicellular plant) \n\u003cbr\u003e85 Various species of sea-squirts (a class of marine chordate animals) \n\u003cbr\u003e86 Various species of crabs and crayfishes \n\u003cbr\u003e87 \"Two types of seahorse, a dragonfish and a frogfish, with a variety of fish scales\" \n\u003cbr\u003e88 Various species of Rhizostomeae (an order of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e89 Various species of turtles and tortoises \n\u003cbr\u003e90 \"Various species of Cystoidea, extinct allies of the starfishes\" \n\u003cbr\u003e91 Various species of Radiolaria (a type of marine Protozoa) \n\u003cbr\u003e92 Tree ferns \n\u003cbr\u003e93 \"Various species of slime molds, considered by some to be plants (class Myxomycetes), by others to be animals (Mycetozoa)\" \n\u003cbr\u003e94 The fruit of various species of conifers \n\u003cbr\u003e95 \"Various species of extinct allies of the starfishes, and larvae of several extant related species\" \n\u003cbr\u003e96 Various species of Polychaeta (a class of marine segmented worms) \n\u003cbr\u003e97 Various species of lamp-shells (phylum Brachiopoda) \n\u003cbr\u003e98 Various species of Semaeostomeae (the most familiar order of jellyfishes) \n\u003cbr\u003e99 Various species of hummingbirds \n\u003cbr\u003e100 Various species of antelopes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErnst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) was renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism. His work was credited with having caused the acceptance of Darwinism in Europe, and his popular studies ― preaching the continuity of all life, organic and inorganic, from prehistoric time to the present ― converted tens of thousands of readers all over the world. Today, although no one is greatly interested in Haeckel the biologist-philosopher, his work is increasingly prized for something he himself would probably have considered secondary. These are the remarkable plates with which his work was illustrated, particularly his famous \n\u003ci\u003eKunstformen. \u003c\/i\u003eThe \n\u003ci\u003eKunstformen\u003c\/i\u003e contains 100 beautiful lithographic plates which show a multitude of unusual life forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, and other forms of microscopic life; jellyfishes, starfishes, calcareous sponges, star corals, barnacles, and other sea life; mosses, lichens, red algae, ferns, fungi, orchids, and other plants; and turtles, moths, spiders, bats, frogs, lizards, hummingbirds, and antelope. With many drawings on each plate, each carefully drawn from nature, the subtle details of nature's art forms are easily compared and appreciated. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being marvelous renderings, these plates have long been noted for the peculiar emotional appeal that they have for most viewers, a premonition of surrealism with exotic organic life forms stretching back to their roots in the inorganic, and individual details drawn with awareness of subtle evolutionary changes and millennia-long developments. Artists, illustrators, and others will find them still powerful as one of the landmarks of applied art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haeckel, Ernst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1974-06-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Design|Graphic Arts|Illustration|Science|Life Sciences|Biology|Design|Clip Art|Nature|Ecosystems \u0026amp; Habitats|Oceans \u0026amp; Seas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Nature (Aesthetics)|Morphology|Zoology|Pictorial works|Botany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486229874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486229874\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154490949910,"sku":"SP-9780486229874","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780486229874_spiral.png?v=1774947120","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/art-forms-in-nature-revised","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}