Gamochonia - Octopus Size:70×100 cm almost kaleidoscopic composition

almost kaleidoscopic composition

Louis Exposition

Leo Gestel experimented with cubism

Bertold Löffler

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Gamochonia - Octopus Size:70×100 cm almost kaleidoscopic compositionSinuous, 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