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  • Picturing nature with a 100-year gap

    Desmonema Annasethe discovered by Ernst Haeckel and the likes of it in modern maritime photography
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  • Proteus

    Documentary film by David LeBrun

    This animated documentary charts the life of painter and biologist Ernst Haeckel, who, in the 19th century, makes a number of fascinating discoveries about what lurks below the sea. Haeckel uncovers...

  • Artforms in Digital Translation

    Anastasia and Chandni working hard to translate the beauty of Haeckel's lithographic illustrations In order to make the extraordinary Kunstformen der Natur exhibition happen in September, our...

  • Credits

    Thank you!

    Mediamatic would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors and participants for their contributions to the "Kunstformen der Natur" project.

  • Haeckel in glass

    Mediamatic is not the only one paying homage to Ernst Haeckel's Kunsformen der Natur - The Dutch National Glass Museum have turned his work into "A Sea of Glass"
  • Plate 4 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Triceratium. / Diatomea. Schachtellinge.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 4 from Kunstformen der Natur. Diatomea: Single-celled organisms also know als algae 
  • Plate 5 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Ascandra. / Calcispongiae. Kalkschwämme.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 5 from Kunstformen der Natur. Calcispongiae: Marine sponges with c alcareous skeletons
  • Plate 8 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Desmonema. / Discomedusae. Scheibenquallen.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 8 from Kunstformen der Natur. Discomedusae: Subclass of Scyphozoa (jellyfish) 
  • book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900

    Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 5

    Issue 5 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.
  • Plate 2 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Globigerina. / Thalamophora. Kammerlinge. (test)

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 2 from Kunstformen der Natur. This is one of the 100 pop science biology illustrations that were published from 1899 – 1904 in Leipzig by Ernst Haeckel through Verlag des Bibliographischen...
  • book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900

    Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 10

    Issue 10 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.
  • Plate 7 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Epibulia. / Siphonophorae. Staatsquallen.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 7 from Kunstformen der Natur. This is one of the 100 pop science biology illustrations that were published from 1899 – 1904 in Leipzig by Ernst Haeckel through Verlag des Bibliographischen...

  • Haeckel-File #1: Haeckel the racist

    Maybe you have lately visited the Amsterdam library and its exhibition on slavery. If so, you probably came across this drawing from Haeckel. To our twenty-first century eyes, this is quite a...

  • Haeckel-File #2: Haeckel the fraud

    Haeckel was accused of committing fraud in order to give credibility to his theories. Is there any truth to the allegation?
  • Plate 6 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Tubuletta. / Tubulariae. Röhrenpolypen.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 6 from Kunstformen der Natur. Tubulariae: Genus of Hydroids, animals related to jellyfish and have strong visual similarities to them such as a compact, mostly round body with long strings...

  • Haeckel-Files

    Enchanted by Haeckel’s art? So enchanted that you want to know more about this intriguing nineteenth century German scientist?

  • Porpema. / Siphonophorae. Staatsquallen. (test)

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 17 from Kunstformen der Natur. Siphonophorae: Subclass of Hydrozoa, sea animal related to jellyfish and corals.
  • book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900

    Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 9

    Issue 9 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.
  • Plate 1 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Circogonia. / Phaeodaria. Rohrstrahlinge. (test)

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 1 from Kunstformen der Natur. Phaeodaria; (Radiolaria) single-celled organisms also known as zooplankton.
  • Oosterdok Gökçe Baykan, Gabrielle de Haseth

    Haeckel Hunt

    "Catch’em all around Oosterdok!" Remastered

    Maybe you have already come across the mysterious signs popping all around the Oosterdok region and wondered what they are.

  • Kunstformen For Sale!

    Haeckel posters and shirts available

    Brighten up your walls and wardrobe with Kunstformen Der Natur from German biologist Ernst Haeckel. From Radiolaria to jellyfish, in black and white or brightly colored. All 100 large scale posters...
  • book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900

    Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 7

    Issue 7 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Soňa Borodáčová

    Hacking Haeckel

    3
    Oct 2014
    - by Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg

    Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg met during their studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie where they collaborated on the visual identity for the school’s theory program in...
  • Plate 3 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Stentor. / Ciliata. Wimperlinge.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 3 from Kunstformen der Natur. Ciliata: Complex single-celled organisms with a short hairlike surface. Hence the name that comes from the Latin word Cilia which means eyelash. 
  • Plate 10 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Ophiothrix Ophiodea. / Schlangensterne.

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 10 from Kunstformen der Natur. Ophiodea: Brittle stars, closely related to starfish. Characterised by a small round like body and five long, thin arms.  

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