Author:

Haeckel, Ernst 1834-1919 Works Selections  Search this

Writer of supplementary textual content:

Willmann, Rainer 1950-  Search this

Voss, Julia 1974-  Search this

Editor:

Taschen, Benedikt  Search this

Subject:

Haeckel, Ernst 1834-1919  Search this

Physical description:

704 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 41 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Biography

History

Place:

Germany

Date:

2017

Notes:

NH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books.

Contents:

Introduction: Ernst Haeckel : art forms in life = Einleitung: Ernst Haeckel : Kunstformen des Lebens = Introduction: Ernst Haeckel : les formes artistiques de la vie / Rainer Willmann -- Ernst Haeckel and the evolution of modern art = Ernst Haeckel und die Evolution der modernen Kunst = Ernst Haeckel et l'évolution de l'art moderne / Julia Voss -- Haeckel's volumes of plates = Haeckels Tafelwerke = Les atlas de Haeckel / Rainer Willmann, Sophia Willmann, Julian Leander Willmann. Siphonophorae = Siphonophoren = Siphonophores (1869-1888) ; Monograph on the Radiolaria = Monographie der Radiolarien = Monographie des Radiolaires (1862-1888) ; Atlas of calcareous sponges = Atlas der Kalkschwämme = Atlas des spongiaires calcaires (1872) ; Arabian corals = Arabische Korallen = Coraux d'Arabie (1876) ; Monograph on the medusae = Monographie der Medusen = Monographie des méduses (1879-1881) ; Report on the deep-sea Keratosa = Bericht über die Tiefsee-Keratosa = Rapport sur les Keratosa abyssales (1889) ; Art forms in nature = Kunstformen der Natur = Les formes artistiques de la nature (1899-1904) -- Appendix = Anhang = Appendice. Biography = Biografie = Biographie ; Relationships between the organisms and the biological system = Die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen der Organismen und das biologische System = Les relations de parenté entre les organismes et le système biologique / Rainer Willmann

Summary:

In this book, we celebrate the scientific, artistic, and environmental importance of Haeckel's work, with a collection of prints from several of his most important tomes on marine biology, including Die Radiolarien, Monographie der Medusen, Die Kalkschwämme: eine Monographie, and Kunstformen der Natur. At a time when biodiversity is increasingly threatened by human activities, the book is at once a visual masterwork, an underwater exploration, and a vivid reminder of the precious variety of life.-Provided by Amazon.com.

Topic:

Natural history illustration  Search this

Naturalists  Search this

Artists  Search this

Biology in art  Search this

Nature in art  Search this

Biologists  Search this

Zoologists  Search this

Evolution (Biology)--History  Search this

Call number:

QH46.5 .A79 2017

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1094320