peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel island a color-plate book titled The

a color-plate book titled The Birds of America (1827–1839)

and is arguably his most famous work

Vincent van Gogh probably met Joseph Étienne-Roulin

library or office with wooden furniture and leather accents

it set a new level of acceptability for violence

peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel island a color-plate book titled TheThe coronate jellyfish of this plate come from the deeper, darker reaches of the ocean, and Haeckel drew them with a fittingly dramatic touch. Their crowned, grooved bells sit above short, sturdy tentacles, arranged in warm browns, reds and ambers against a shadowy background so that they seem to hang suspended in the deep. There is a richness and weight to these medusae that sets them apart from his paler jellyfish studies. The illustration is part