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Haeckel was so excited about the sights he was discovering that he started drawing them and hence, his legacy to the world of art science, and modern man's enjoyment.

Modern man can enjoy his images on almost anything and this page is for the Ernst Haeckel fan. His plates are can be printed on a simple t-shirt or hat. Baubles, keychains, ipad covers, and mousepads can be covered with your favorite Haeckel animals.

If you do not know Ernst Haeckel discover how you can enjoy vintage art with the Haeckel creations to browse on Zazzle. There is no shortage of the choices for Ernst Haeckel images.

Haeckel's early desire was to enter the field of art. It was natural for him to put on paper what he saw in the microscope. He first work was The Radiolaran Atlas of 1862. It showcased 35 plates and zoology notes on the skeletal structures of the one-celled animals.

The visual aspects of his first work helped launch him into household name recognition, long before the publication of Art Forms in Nature in 1898.

The plates in his first work are spheres with repetitive circles, spikes, hexagons and curlicues; a viewers first reaction is excitement. The Radiolarian Atlas is a precursor of art nouveau.

I have to admit that Zazzle is "Thee" place to go for Haeckel themed products, but amazon.com carries all the books and some posters.

I found the biography, "The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernest Heakel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought" interesting for its thorough look into Haeckel and the controversies his personality, and a printing error, caused in his later career. I also enjoyed the look into the Victorian era and the Darwinism Haeckel championed his whole life. The ideas "The Origin of The Species" was a big influence on his view of the world. He lectured for scientific principles and academic thinking.

Haeckel admired the book so much he decided that meeting Darwin was essential to his own work. Where Darwin was quiet about his work, Haeckel wanted to shout and support the new astounding ideas.

Haeckel became famous and infamous. A mistake on a printed page was forever tied to his name, even though, it was corrected in the next issue of the academic work.

Haeckel is as popular now as he was in the art nouveau era. College biology or zoology courses introduces the student to Haeckel in nearly every learning institution.