//=time() ?>
Learn about Merian in these #ArtHerstory guest posts:
- #MariaSibyllavMerian’s Artistic Entomology, by Kay Etheridge, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4…
- The Protofeminist Insects of Giovanna Garzoni & #MariaSibyllaMerian, by
@emmasteinkraus https://t.co/LuJeK4dlTm
A woman ahead of her time: born on 2 April 1647, #MariaSibyllaMerian was one of the first to closely observe and record the process of #insect #metamorphosis. Her approach was only made popular by Linnaeus more than half a century later.
https://t.co/1hlUkcz0Zk
we had a ton of pokemon art requests tonight. here's the thread of the actual pokemon versus what i drew (either from memory or with chat's "help"), with our friend pikachu-for-scale:
enamorus therian form -
Farmer's peony with narcissus, as studied by Johanna Helena Herolt, daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian. Ran in the family, this natural talent!
Irae The Siberian Shepherd
• A playful hellhound and one of Asmodeus's right hand men. He's known for being a little fruity with his love life (meaning he has the tendency to hop between partners) till a certain kitty takes interest in him.
As of December 2019, a painting by #MariaSibyllaMerian—Pomegranate & Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly, 1702–03, held by the @RCT—is included in the #CODARTCanon as one of 100 Dutch/Flemish masterpieces (as voted on by @CODART curator-members).
https://t.co/Fqe4YOJS4S
Another side of nature's wonders: guava tree w/ army ants, pink-toed tarantulas (yes!!), huntsman spiders, & ruby-topaz hummingbird, v. dead. Wow. By Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.
Few artists do #nature like #MariaSibyllaMerian! In 1699 Merian traveled with her daughter to Suriname, a Dutch territory in South America, to paint its flora and fauna. Learn more about this trailblazing artist:
https://t.co/EWly1ksXEa
Butterflies, by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist and naturalist, born #OTD in 1647.
2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian
Sipherian Tales - Gone Fishin' is Live 🔥
This is part 1 of the World of Sipheria comic series ONLY available to NFT holders (Inu or Neko).
Go & check it out inside Discord!
Want to follow along the journey of the elderly Buru & young Inu? Grab a Sipher NFT to gain access 👀
Born today in 1647, botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian took an early interest in #entomology. She retained indigenous names for the not-yet-described species she found in Suriname and performed controlled laboratory experiments to investigate caterpillars' plant preferences.
🔎 Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina
[London]: Impensis Jacobi Parkinson, 1792-1796.
https://t.co/gIAmYRRVn9
Birthday in the park: Maria Sybilla Merian, 1647-1717, German-born Swiss naturalist and scientific illustrator........https://t.co/St2fQLsFPH #entomology #botanicalillustration
2/2 Life cycle of the Menelaus Blue Morpho butterfly, beautifully documented by Maria Sibylla Merian for her book on the insects of Surinam. Today is her day.
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.
Maria Sibylla Merian 🇨🇭 (b. 2.4.1647)
'Branch of Genipapo with Long-Horned Beetle' (1703)
Watercolour
38.4 x 27.7 cm
German artist and scientific illustrator Anna Maria Sybilla Merian was born #OnThisDay in 1647 🇩🇪
She travelled in South America, recording the process of insect metamorphosis. This helped understanding of the process and insect life cycles.
#WomenInSTEM #WomensArt #STEM
Pioneering botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OnThisDay in 1647.
Merian is famed for her colourful combination of art and science in her botanical drawings.
Find out more about her life and work: https://t.co/4Ua7VBytda