Kunstformen der Natur

This shit is seriously awesome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur

What the fuck is no.4 bottom right in the Arachnida picture.

These are great inspiration for my ms-paints.

lol

some of haeckel's plates are truly amazon :sup:

apparently this book was a huge inspiration for a lot of mostly tacky art-deco furniture, but here's the whole thing:

http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/haeckel/kunstformen/liste.html

*slides it in*

bingo

Love Haeckel - been meaning to buy this book for a while now. Saw a nice Taschen printing once at Anthropologie (ugh) but it was unsurprisingly way overpriced. I think the work is now in the public domain.. should be able to find a cheaper edition somewhere.