{"product_id":"ernst-haeckel-art-forms-in-nature-coloring-book","title":"Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature Coloring Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKunstformen der Natur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArt Forms in Nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, encapsulates biologist Ernst Haeckel’s response to Charles Darwin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Origin of Species\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Haeckel (German, 1834–1919) published these exquisitely rendered depictions of flora and fauna in ten installments of ten illustrations from 1899 to 1904, aiming to widen the general public’s understanding of naturalism. Haeckel also clearly saw his illustrations as more than just scientific documentation: in introducing one of his plates, he wrote that its patterns would not be out of place in embroideries or on urns and bottles. Haeckel’s elaborate forms have been called a precursor to art nouveau, and his influence even stretched to architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese illustrations derive from a copy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKunstformen der Natur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the Case Book Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. The Library holds over 160 million items in almost all media and in more than 470 languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate Communications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53979936293174,"sku":"CB206","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/bff20a3511658d3bca85d41ffa49a3d33c0c840a33b08ad5833ca82e71f469bb.jpg?v=1777595917","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/ernst-haeckel-art-forms-in-nature-coloring-book","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}