Blaschka (HD-Version)

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It is the year 1863, the age of outstanding zoological discoveries.

The established materials for three-dimensional models for the visualisation of biological research results are wax, papier mâché, wood, plaster – all of which are unsuitable for fragile life forms such as jellyfish, sea anemones, polyps, the so-called marine invertebrates. Leopold Blaschka opts for a complicated material, delicate, brittle and extremely complex to work with: glass!

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Until 1890 Blaschka, together with his son Rudolf, creates perfect glass models that find their way into scientific institutions worldwide. The models continue to amaze scientists until today: they bear up to scientific scrutiny down to the very last detail and are above all transparent pieces of art of unique fragile beauty – the perfect amalgamation of art and science.

The renowned photographers Heidi and Hans-Jürgen Koch have congenially transformed the Blaschkas’ art into pictures.

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