Ernst Haeckel couldn’t make up his mind which of his great loves to follow: science or art. But, peering into a microscope one day, he chose both. It was to change our perception of art ...

The influential evolutionary scientist, who coined such terms as ‘stem cell’ and ‘ecology’, was also a virtuoso illustrator. The editor of a new book celebrating this work introduces some ...

A documentary centered on Ernst Haeckel's drawings of radiolarians sets the unity of art and science in motion. Login. Subscribe. News; Magazines. An Interactive Experience. Current Issue. March 2025.

Called The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel, the book documents how the scientist popularized the writings of Charles Darwin through his work and discovered many different kinds of microbes—many ...

Fungi, Art Forms in Nature, 1899–1904, plate 63. All images ©Taschen / Lower Saxony State / University Library Göttingen unless otherwise stated. You might not know Ernst Haeckel’s name, but you will ...

Despite his renown, hundreds of Haeckel’s illustrations remain obscure and inaccessible. Last fall, Prestel released Art Forms from the Abyss: Ernst Haeckel’s Images From The HMS Challenger ...

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel includes one such racist depiction. The controversial 1868 image displays a dozen profiles of heads—six human and six ape, with the "highest" primates listed ...

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But two things elevated his work beyond mere draftsmanship. The first was that it was beautiful, as “The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel”, a new book reproducing 450 of his prints, makes clear.

Fungi, Art Forms in Nature, 1899–1904, plate 63. All images ©Taschen / Lower Saxony State / University Library Göttingen unless otherwise stated You might not know Ernst Haeckel’s name, but you will ...