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#MargaretMee had just finished painting #Dichorisandra thyrsiflora when she began her second expedition in the #Amazon, this time focusing on bromeliads in Mato Grosso. Learn more about Mee’s travels online in our exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants:
https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
Celebrating #BiodiversityDay with botanical artist & environmental advocate #MargaretMee (1909-1988), born #OnThisDay.
Mee painted #biodiversity in the Amazon & spoke out against its devastation. Explore her work: https://t.co/AHopSy1qQe.
#PortraitsOfPlants @UNBiodiversity #OTD
Attention, teachers & students! Want last minute #APExam prep?
Our #APWorldHistory #DBQ explores early responses to Amazon #deforestation by scientists, governments, & artists like Margaret Mee: https://t.co/zwQqUsYzeN.
#EndangeredSpeciesDay #DistanceLearning #PortraitsOfPlants
#BYZANTINE #MAGIC
Henry Maguire
"A fascinating subject, though somehow still understudied (we are hoping to change that!)."
https://t.co/sOP3YJsK7W
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HOLY WOMEN OF #BYZANTIUM: TEN SAINTS' LIVES IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Alice-Mary Talbot
"Exciting, important narratives translated by a true master."
https://t.co/YLAe58Qr93
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On her first Brazilian expedition, Margaret Mee visited the @museugoeldi in Belém before exploring the Gurupí River. There, she painted flowers like the #Amazon lily Eucharis amazonica. Learn more in our new #OnlineExhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants! https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx
@WWilsonHouse @UChicagoArts @TudorPlace @PhillipsMuseum We think these 300+ year-old yellow plants & fuzzy insects by #MariaSibyllaMerian will do nicely for #MuseumTelephone. Can you guess the theme? Comment!
Inviting @DumbartonHouse, @oak_spring, and @KreegerMuseum to join our game. 📞📞📞
How did Stanhopea #orchids journey from the depths of the Amazon to your supermarket? Why did orchid fever infect #Victorian elites?
Discover the mysteries of orchids in this @JSTOR_Daily #PlantOfTheMonth piece by our #PlantHumanities Postdoctoral Fellow: https://t.co/xQTV7o7ADP.
Teach grades 6-12 about the Amazon ecosystem with our #LessonPlan, activities, answer key, & more. Download under TOURS & RESOURCES: https://t.co/fjG3QVBkUd.
#K12 #DistanceLearning
💐: Celebrate #NationalOrchidDay w/ Brazilian #orchid Bifrenaria harrisoniae! #MargaretMee, 1959.
Missed our 2018 panel with @ngadc on French #medievalism & Boutet de Monvel’s "Jeanne d’Arc"?
Hear Nora Heimann (@CUArtSci), @WillaSilverman (@FFSatPSU), Elizabeth Emery (@msufrench), & more: https://t.co/Df4JtmO3VX.
#DistanceLearning #Archive30 #ArchiveOutreach #MedievalTwitter