Carp or Koi water the siphonophore plate is elegant

the siphonophore plate is elegant and unusual

decorative panels

Haeckel was captivated by these colonial organisms and the questions they raised about what an "individual" even is — and as an artist he turned their bizarre architecture into one of the most ornate and flowing images in the whole portfolio

In 1928 he worked for a time in France and critics regarded his work in this period as a turning point

Date: 1894

Carp or Koi water the siphonophore plate is elegantTitle: Carp or Koi Creator: Ohara Koson Date: 1926 Place of origin: Unknown Ohara Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin hanga ("new prints") movement. Ohara Koson was famous as a master of kach e (bird and flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hson, Ohara Shson and Ohara Koson.