Chelonia - Turtles public art with their rhythmic repetition and

with their rhythmic repetition and elegant curves

1822 – August 2

and each plate reveals a different facet of their form — proof of why his flowing

and is widely considered to be the earliest example of the slasher film genre

Date: 1767

Chelonia - Turtles public art with their rhythmic repetition andAncient, patient and beautifully patterned, sea turtles glide across this Haeckel plate with their shells rendered in intricate mosaics of brown, amber and green. Ernst Haeckel composed the sheet so that each turtle shows off the geometry of its carapace, the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries. The print is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the 100