Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)
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Manufacturer: Prestel Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 570.222
EAN: 9783791319902
ISBN: 3791319906
Label: Prestel Publishing
Manufacturer: Prestel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 139
Publication Date: 1998-08
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Studio: Prestel Publishing
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The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which even in their day, became world famous. Haeckel's portfolio, first published between 1899 and 1904 in separate installments, is described in the opening essays. The plates illustrate Haeckel's fundamental monistic notion of the "unity of all living things" and the wide variety of forms are executed with utmost delicacy. Incipient microscopic organisms are juxtaposed with highly developed plants and animals. The pages, ordered according to geometric and "constructive" aspects, document the oness of the world in its most diversified forms. This collection of plates was not only well-received by scientists, but by artists and architects as well. Rene Binet, a pioneer of glass and iron constructions, Emile Galle, a renowned Art Nouveau designer, and the photographer Karl Blossfeld all make explicit reference to Haeckel in their work.
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Summary: The dimensions are correct
Comment: Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3G0SX0PAICYS7 Video shows the size of the book, flipping through a lot of the plates and rambling.
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Summary: glorious and bizarre
Comment: a brilliant draftsman and scientist, heackel shows us that the natural world is not only incredibly beautiful, but weirder than anything you can invent.
there are larger and more expensive editions of this book to be had, as well as smaller and digital versions. the 12" x 9" dover edition folio is a nice reference size, well printed, colorful, and a great price.
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Comment: The following is Amazon's description of this book:
Paperback: 139 pages
Publisher: Prestel Publishing (August 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3791319906
ISBN-13: 978-3791319902
Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
More than one customer review states that they received a book that is only 3 inches wide. I hesitate to buy this book since the info posted may be misleading.
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Summary: The best architech out there, nature
Comment: This book is full of illustration of organisms you can find on nature.I repeat, it is not fantasy, these beautiful illustration are drawings of things that are right there, sometimes too small to see with the naked eye, in nature, and one can only awe at such beauty and design skills. Haeckel did a great job combining biology with art, and it shows on this book.
A note of advise: these edition has color, the other one is black&white.
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Summary: What a book.
Comment: Amazing images of pollen spores, bats' faces, moths, diatoms, and more - drawn by the master. Ernst Haeckel's prints were a huge influence in the Art Nouveau movement, and the introduction to the book discusses that. Just absolutely brilliant - a surreal and gorgeous look at nature at every scale.
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