dailymeh:

A Very Haeckel Christmas:
During the Victorian era Christmas was indeed regarded as a ‘happy’ day, but one of uncanny terror; accordingly, cards and ornamentation featured strange creatures with too many tentacles.
The real “Kunstformen der Natur” on wikipedia.

dailymeh:

A Very Haeckel Christmas:

During the Victorian era Christmas was indeed regarded as a ‘happy’ day, but one of uncanny terror; accordingly, cards and ornamentation featured strange creatures with too many tentacles.

The real “Kunstformen der Natur” on wikipedia.