Art Forms in Nature：The Prints of Ernst Haeckel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Olaf、Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt 著
• 出版社 Prestel
• 出版时间 1994-06
• ISBN 9783791319902
• 定价 281.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 140页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thegeometricshapesandnaturalforms,capturedwithexceptionalprecisioninErnstHaeckel'sprints,stillinfluenceartistsanddesignerstothisday.Thisvolumehighlightstheresearchandfindingsofthisnaturalscientist.PowerfulmodernmicroscopeshaveconfirmedtheaccuracyofHaeckel'sprints,whichevenintheirday,becameworldfamous.Haeckel'sportfolio,firstpublishedbetween1899and1904inseparateinstallments,isdescribedintheopeningessays.TheplatesillustrateHaeckel'sfundamentalmonisticnotionofthe"unityofalllivingthings"andthewidevarietyofformsareexecutedwithutmostdelicacy.Incipientmicroscopicorganismsarejuxtaposedwithhighlydevelopedplantsandanimals.Thepages,orderedaccordingtogeometricand"constructive"aspects,documenttheonessoftheworldinitsmostdiversifiedforms.Thiscollectionofplateswasnotonlywell-receivedbyscientists,butbyartistsandarchitectsaswell.ReneBinet,apioneerofglassandironconstructions,EmileGalle,arenownedArtNouveaudesigner,andthephotographerKarlBlossfeldallmakeexplicitreferencetoHaeckelintheirwork.