nepenthaceae pitcher plant fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm Copyright: Public Domain CC0 Image

Copyright: Public Domain CC0 Image

and was enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie in 1877

† 1945) was a Japanese painter who used a modernized ukiyoe style to explore classical themes such as "flower and birds" (花鳥画

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Original from The Cleveland Museum of Art

nepenthaceae pitcher plant fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm Copyright: Public Domain CC0 ImageEqual parts beautiful and slightly sinister, the tropical pitcher plants on this Haeckel plate are nature's most elegant traps. Their hanging, lidded pitchers evolved to lure and digest insects dangle from curling tendrils in greens, reds and speckled patterns, drawn by Ernst Haeckel with all the drama these extraordinary carnivorous plants deserve. The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's celebrated portfolio of 100