muscinae polytrichum fine art print ernst haeckel seven particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt

particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt

the Philippines

Date: 1849

He developed a technique for painting animals that made them appear more naturalistic and was consulted by the U

he began to work experimentally with letters made of lead and wood

muscinae polytrichum fine art print ernst haeckel seven particularly those of Sarah BernhardtLook closely at a patch of moss and a whole forest in miniature appears which is exactly what Ernst Haeckel captured in this plate of Polytrichum, the tall "haircap" mosses. Slender stalks topped with delicate capsules rise across the sheet in fresh, layered greens, the tiny structures magnified and arranged so that something usually crushed underfoot becomes elegant and architectural. The illustration is part of Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in