Discomedusae – Jellyfish Size:50×70 cm non-reflective surface

non-reflective surface

Because the composition is gentle and pattern-led

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker

but during her studies she was just as intensively involved in commercial graphic works

blues and violets

Discomedusae – Jellyfish Size:50×70 cm non-reflective surfaceThis is the image many people picture when they think of Ernst Haeckel: jellyfish drifting through dark water, their domed bells glowing in pinks, golds and violets above long, trailing tentacles. The Discomedusae plate is one of the most beloved in his entire body of work, and it is easy to see why the symmetry is hypnotic and the colours feel almost lit from within. It belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the series of 100