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Must remember the wonderful Maria Sibylla Merian on her birthday! Hope everyone is enjoying the Spring!🌼🌿

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2020-04-02

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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2020-04-02

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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2020-04-02

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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2020-04-02

Some pretty vignettes from 'De Europische insecten' by Maria Sibylla Merian, who was born in 1647

I've just had the most pleasurable and relaxing few minutes flicking through this on and I recommend you do the same!
https://t.co/QaKmoKPjZ8

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2020-04-02

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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2020-04-02

Known for ground-breaking work documenting insect life cycles, Maria Sibylla Merian's illustrations included the plants and flowers on which the animals fed & lived. "De Europischen insecten" (1730) in : https://t.co/2UDXZ66bjM

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2020-03-24

Flowers, illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian {1647-1717}

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2020-03-16

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647- 1717) es considerada una de las más importantes iniciadoras de la entomología moderna gracias a sus detalladas observaciones y descripciones, con ilustraciones propias, de la metamorfosis de las mariposas.

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2020-03-08

¿Te apasiona Maria Sibylla Merian? Ya sabes que puedes ver al completo ‘Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium’ (1705) en acceso abierto. https://t.co/8XVOUIG0cc

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2020-02-26

🦋 Maria Sibylla Merian’s “Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium” (1705). Both gorgeous and groundbreaking, Merian’s volume was the first to document insect lifecycles: https://t.co/IJCNaJq9oq

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2020-02-27

Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 12 from ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’ (1705)
(Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt)

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2020-02-22

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), a scientist who also drew these said “Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time.”

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2020-02-13

Some similarities to the wonderfully vibrant paintings of Maria Sibylla Merian

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2020-02-12

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was one of the first scientists to depict the life cycles of insects and the plants on which they feed. "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" is based on her studies and artworks made in Surinam ➡️ https://t.co/pS7Rt6btTe

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2020-02-12

En 2018 la Universidad de Santander organizo la exposición ‘ Maria Sibylla Merian y Alida Withoos Mujeres, Arte y Ciencia’ mostrando piezas nunca vistas en España junto a otras pertenecientes al Real Jardín Botánico. Incluyo imágenes de la segunda ilustradora

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2020-02-05

I keep coming across work whilst on and let’s be honest, that’s not really a problem! The Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium was published in 1705 and is still a fantastic book showing insect life cycles

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2020-01-18

Maria Sibylla Merian: Metamorphosis unmasked by art and science. Her meticulous depictions of metamorphosis, as well as of tropical flora and fauna, caught the attention of the Royal Academy more than 250 years before the first woman was permitted to join. https://t.co/Ug4Ym0H0bz

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2020-01-13