Chinese vase, spectacular. Flowers, even more spectacular. As recorded by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist & naturalist. It's her beautiful day.

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🔎 The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine or compleat cabinet of the curiosities and beauties of nature.
London.
https://t.co/3wfag9wGxa

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2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

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April 2, 1647: German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian is born.

Merian's work exhibited an extremely impressive degree of scientific accuracy and detail. She brought a new standard of precision to scientific illustration.

🎨🐛🌸🐞🦋🌺🌿

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Engravings from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian.

Merian was born 1647. Further details about her remarkable life: https://t.co/dvqS0lc41j

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Born on this day 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.

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La naturalista, exploradora y pintora Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) nació un 2 de abril.
Se la considera como una de las más importantes precursoras de entomología moderna.
(Imagen: )
https://t.co/J4HUiaGNpv

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in 1647, Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt. She was one of the first naturalists to observe the life cycle of insects. Merian is also known for her beautiful scientific illustrations.

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2 avril 1647: naissance de Maria Sibylla Merian, naturaliste et peintre.
Observe, entre autres, la métamorphose des papillons.
➡️Maria, par Jacobus Houbraken
➡️Gravure sur cuivre coloriée à la main, 1705. De Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, planche XX (Thysania agrippina).

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Here's some of my other OC Characters. Nothing special tho. Just character illustration. I didn't realize that I've already done plenty of OC. I thought I never had any coz I thought they have to be somewhat supernaturalish. lol

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🔎 The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine or compleat cabinet of the curiosities and beauties of nature.
London.
https://t.co/Kkhf7CGZdz

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Kyrgocosa lexipedalus, the fuzzy-dice wolf spider.

Named for the oddly squarish pedipalps that the male of this Costa Rican species waves while courting, these pinkish-gray spiders have naturalized to Las Vegas and it's considered good luck to see one run across the craps table.

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性が無いと言うと手塚治虫先生の『人間ども集まれ!』を思い出してしまいます。
劇中、“無性人間”が登場します。

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Extracting beauty out the of struggle of life. Born out of poverty, self taught artist Albert Ashok (Indian b.1961) combines naturalism with cubist geometrical structure, he calls it Redefined Cubism. I love

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Design Theme Of The Customer-Bank Was Dedicated To Endangered Species. A approach with was used. https://t.co/U4bQ5fa5Nr

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François Levaillant: Explorer, Naturalist, and Ornithologist Extraordinaire - Explorer, naturalist, and ornithologist extraordinaire François Levaillant was born on 6 August 1753 in Paramaribo ... https://t.co/1ahFptkSbB

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Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; 22 October 1882 – 25 May 1953) was a French British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer.

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Today would have been Mark Catesby’s 337th birthday

The naturalist published ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’, which is the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America

This is the first rare book I was ever shown!

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English naturalist William Turton's passion was conchology. He published several illustrated books, including "A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands" (1819). The work is free online thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/DHC4PvADww

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