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For the @USNatArchives #19ForThe19th challenge, we celebrate #WomenAdventurers! In 1699, pioneering botanical artist #MariaSibyllaMerian traveled alone with her daughter to what's now #Suriname in #SouthAmerica. See her paintings: https://t.co/6SAPXOnMQs.
#BugginOut @iglibraries
Sometimes #bugs get into our #RareBooks! This critter lives in an #18thCentury book published in Paris, likely copied from #Chinese art: https://t.co/tcwRMBid4F. We're #BugginOut over the insect's summer style—perfectly matches its pink & green plant!
@iglibraries @SutroLibrary
Many murals at the @uscapitol —from famous Americans in the Rotunda to the moon landing— were created by artist #AllynCox, born #OnThisDay in 1896.
📷: Cox also made this oil painting: https://t.co/0Xne659qNK. You can see it recreated in mosaic in our Garden, next to the pool!
People love these #NationalGallery @ngadc podcasts on French painter & #ArtDeco inspiration #BoutetDeMonvel! The lectures were co-presented with our #JugglingTheMiddleAges exhibition this fall. Listen: https://t.co/oKBwIMAU5c.
📷: The Turmoil of Conflict (Joan of Arc series: IV)
Botanical artist #MargaretMee made intricate paintings, 21 of which are in our collections: https://t.co/uYitUkCXUX. On @UN #BiodiversityDay we recall how Mee (born #OnThisDay 110 years ago) fought ferociously to conserve the #Amazon & its #biodiversity.
#IDB2019 @UNBiodiversity
Work at the intersection of #curation, #epistemology, #BotanicalArt, & #HistoryOfScience as our Postgraduate #Curatorial Fellow. Apply by May 1: https://t.co/FPR9JbHoTV.
📷: dedicated to @royalsociety President #HansSloane, born #OnThisDay, 1660. #Archive30 #SomethingSmall
It's your last week to apply for our #Plant #Humanities Summer Program with @JSTOR & @MellonFdn! Spend 4 fully-funded weeks immersed in the #interdisciplinary study of #plants, their #global travels, and how they shape #culture. Apply by Friday, April 5: https://t.co/it6FQSiHNJ.
Why are Dutch, Chinese, Latin, Malayalam, Portuguese, & Spanish all in this book? Discover how #plants captivate #cultures as Postgraduate Fellow in #Botanical #Art. Apply by 4/1: https://t.co/Ds06Z68yOE.
@Harvard_History @HistLit @HarvardHerbaria @mayrlibrary @English_Harvard
Honored by the #Brazil & #UK governments, #botanical #artist #MargaretMee was attracted by the aggressiveness of Amazon #plants like #bromeliads— thorny & sometimes home to scorpions.
#5WomenArtists @WomenInTheArts
📷: "#Bromelia anticantha Bertol." #SaoPaulo. In our #RareBooks.
Calling @Harvard undergrads & alumni curious about #HistoryOfScience, #ArtHistory, #Botany, #RareBooks, #museums, & more! Kick off your #SpringBreak by applying to our Postgraduate #Curatorial #Fellowship in #Botanical #Art. Apply by April 1: https://t.co/KymCtatki3.
@HarvardOCS