Birds of Paradise by Ernst Haeckel Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Fruiting bodies of varying scale

Fruiting bodies of varying scale are arranged across the page with the precision of a naturalist and the compositional instinct of an artist — each specimen rendered in meticulous detail

pale greens

Printed as an archival fine art print on matte fine art paper

revealing its internal logic the longer you stay with it

and the composition sits on the page with the authority of a plate meant to be studied

Birds of Paradise by Ernst Haeckel Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Fruiting bodies of varying scaleFrom Haeckel's monumental Kunstformen der Natur, this plate presents Birds of Paradise in a composition that balances scientific documentation with spectacular visual drama. The birds plumes fanned, postures proud are arranged with a decorator's instinct as much as a naturalist's, their extraordinary tail feathers and iridescent tones filling the vertical space in a cascade of natural ornament. Haeckel renders each species with equal precision and