19世纪生物插图视觉杰作

德国生物学家、艺术家恩斯特·海克尔毕生致力于研究遥远的动植物群，用大量的科学细节描绘了它们的每一种独特的特性。海克尔一生中创作了数百幅这样的作品，这些作品向广大观众解释了他的生物学发现。除了这些视觉杰作之外，海克尔还发现了许多微生物，并创造了几个如今广为人知的科学术语，如生态学、干细胞。塔森出版社出版了一本名为《恩斯特·海克尔的艺术与科学》的新书，这本书长达704页，概述了19世纪艺术家、生物学家恩斯特·海克尔最重要的视觉作品和出版物。这份概要包括450幅图画、水彩画和他的研究草图，这些都是达尔文进化论的有力支持。

German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel dedicated his life studying far flung flora and fauna,  drawing each of their peculiar specificities with an immense scientific detail. Haeckel made hundreds of such renderings during his lifetime, works which were used to explain his biological discoveries to a wide audience. In addition to these visual masterpieces, Haeckel also discovered many microbes, and coined several scientific terms commonly known today, such as ecology, phylum, and stem cell.A new book from Taschen titled The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel outlines the 19th-century artist-biologist’s most important visual works and publications across a hefty 704 pages. The compendium includes 450 drawings, watercolors, and sketches from his research, which was in large support of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Most notably the book contains the Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), a collection of 100 prints of varying organisms originally published between 1899 and 1904.You can learn more about the collection of illustrations and Haeckel’s discoveries on Taschen’s website. (via Fast Co. Design)