Ernst Haeckel Hummingbirds Puzzle

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Library of Congress

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$17.95

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Official Store

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834–1919) Trochilidae – Kolibris , from Kunstformen der Natur (Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904), plate 99 When German biologist Ernst Haeckel published Art Forms in Nature , it encapsulated his response to Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species . But Haeckel also clearly saw his illustrations as more than just scientific documentation. His elaborate forms have been called a precursor to art nouveau, and his influence even stretched to architecture. Haeckel’s work is preserved in the Library of Congress, holding more than 162 million items…