Gamochonia - Octopus Size:70×100 cm Title: „Lago Maggiore

Title: „Lago Maggiore

Original from rawpixel

or to the slow wisdom turtles seem to embody

living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period

Like many earlier ukiyo-e prints

Gamochonia - Octopus Size:70×100 cm Title: „Lago MaggioreSinuous, intelligent and a little mysterious, the cephalopods on this plate are among the ocean's most captivating creatures and Ernst Haeckel clearly relished drawing them. Octopuses and their relatives spread their arms across the sheet in swirling, symmetrical arrangements, sucker lined tentacles curling into elegant patterns against a deep, watery background. The image is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's defining