~Beau Sheil
I've done so many Art Thursday posts that it kind of surprises me I'm not repeating myself yet. But I am pretty sure I have never covered jellyfish before (which are not actual fish so some people just call them "jellies"). They are gorgeous, aren't they?
Jellyfish
photo by Lee Bennett
Jellyfish
photo by Alexandre Duarte
Jellyfish
photo by Dan Glaser
Jellyfish
photo by ju-leo
Discomedusae, Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 88
by Ernst Haeckel
Discomedusae, Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 28
by Ernst Haeckel
Trachomedusae, Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 26
by Ernst Haeckel
Peanut Butter and Jelly-fish
photo by Dennis Frank
Jellyfish carcasses in black light
photo by Kristen Ortwerth-Jewell
Jellyfish
photo by Mats Hage Eikemo
Sometimes jellyfish are referred to as medusae. "In biology, a medusa (plural: medusae) is a form of cnidarian in which the body is shaped like an umbrella."
4 comments:
Jellyfish (or Jellies, as you mentioned) are beautiful creatures...and even more beautiful if you can separate their forms from their stings! (Yes, I've been stung, and it's something you don't easily forget.)
These are marvelous photos (and etchings/drawings). I was especially taken with the Glaser and ju-leo pictures. Fantastic "art."
I'm still contemplating the name of "Peanut Butter and Jelly-fish"!
I absolutely love jellyfish--at a distance. They are simply gorgeous.
So graceful and beautiful, almost like aliens from outerspace.
When I was a kid we'd swim in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Monica, and every so often the tide would bring in a raft of little "jellies". You never saw a bunch of kids swim for shore so fast!
It's good that they're beautiful as well as dangerous, because they're taking over the world:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-11-10/will-jellyfish-take-over-the-world-
but I guess you know that....
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