Posts Tagged ‘Radiolaria’

Monumental Inspiration from Something Microscopic

Rene Binet, a French architect and artist, created the entrance for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900. Binet modeled that main entrance after an illustration of Clathrocanium reginae by Ernst Haeckel. When you consider that this microscopic sea fauna, a Radiolarian, inspired a structure that used about 192 tonnes of metal and cost about 676,000…

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Ernst Haeckel – Inspired by Nature

If the young dreamer stood at the window and looked up at the clouds, his father would pat him on the shoulder and say, “every minute has its value in this world. Play or work — but do something.” -Passage that describes C[K]arl Haeckel’s advice to his son in Haeckel, his life and work. Ernst…

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