Plate LXXIX - Polypus Levis Hoyle Size:70×100 cm otherworldly form that defined Art

otherworldly form that defined Art Nouveau

Creator: Kawase Hasui

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Plate LXXIX - Polypus Levis Hoyle Size:70×100 cm otherworldly form that defined ArtPlate LXXIX Polypus Levis Hoyle from "The Cephalopoda"(1898 99) by Carl Chun Little was known about cephalopoda in the 1900s. So Carl Chun, a well known German marine biologist with a specialty in cephalopods and plankton, led the German expedition aboard the steamboat Valdivia in 1898 to explore the deep sea. He was among a growing fraction of scientist who believed that there was life in the deep sea. Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library