Creatures of the Deep: The Pop-up Book
By (Author) Ernst Haeckel
By (author) Maike Biederstaedt
Prestel
Prestel
9th September 2016
9th September 2016
Germany
General
Non Fiction
Individual artists, art monographs
Prints and printmaking
Nature in art
769.92
Hardback
16
Width 216mm, Height 306mm, Spine 30mm
651g
The book 'Art Forms in Nature' is a collection of prints, made by the scientist Ernst Haeckel, of an enormous variety of flora and fauna from the seaincluding microscopic Radiolaria, starfish, and jelly fish. Since Prestel published it in 1998, the book has been a favourite with artists, designers, illustrators, and anyone who enjoys the wondrous forms of the natural world. Now paper engineer Maike Biederstaedt has transformed Haeckel's transcendent work into a three-dimensional book that allows readers to appreciate Haeckel's vivid colours, exceptional precision, and fascination with patterns and geometry. This stunning book features seven pop-ups that allow readers to see nature's brilliance the way that Haeckel did-as marvellous, mathematically based creations that support his theory of the unity of all living things. Certain to appeal to his huge variety of fans, this pop-up version of a timeless classic will be treasured for years to come. AUTHOR: Maike Biederstadt is a pop-up designer, illustrator and paper engineer, who lives in Berlin. 7 Pop-up Illustrations
Maike Biederstadt is a pop-up designer, illustrator and paper engineer, who lives in Berlin.