Hexacoralla II by Ernst Haeckel Shiro Kasamatsu held together not by structure

held together not by structure but by an inner rhythm that feels both spontaneous and deliberate

a reminder that the exhibition poster was

that holds the picture together

The twin towers and Gothic brickwork are rendered in a bold

Hexacoralla II by Ernst Haeckel Shiro Kasamatsu held together not by structureThe second Hexacoralla plate from Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur continues the series with a distinct cast of coral specimens different species, different structural rhythms, equally precise in execution. Where the first plate tends toward dense clustering, this composition breathes a little more, allowing individual organisms to assert their own bilateral and radial geometries. Haeckel's draughtsmanship is at its finest here: each tentacle, polyp