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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:
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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
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.
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
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
➤ Aunque ignorada durante mucho tiempo, es considerada como una de las más importantes iniciadoras de la entomología , gracias a sus detalladas observaciones y descripciones, con ilustraciones propias
➤ “Metamorfosis”, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705,
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11/ Michelangelo's Ceiling.
II.) Sibyls and Prophets (some illustrations)
Delphic Sibyl
Barry Windsor-Smith, “Sibyla” (The Gorblimey Press/Black Lotus, 1979), portfolio of four colour prints. Presentation sleeve and colour print of the same image. https://t.co/HEGmTwK3sz
Barry Windsor-Smith, “Sibyla” (The Gorblimey Press/Black Lotus, 1979), portfolio of four colour prints.
Sigue Carla Berrocal (@pintamonas) hablándonos de Maria Sibylla Merian
Considerada como una de las más importantes pioneras de la entomología moderna 🦟
Gran parte de su trabajo está centrado en la flora de Surinam 🇸🇷
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The Cumaean Sibyl prophesied by singing the fates and writing on oak leaves. She would place these in the entrance of her cave. She lived for about 1000 years.She asked Apollo to live for as many years as a handful of sand in exchange for her virginity… 1/3 #FaustianFriday
After Maria Sibylla Merian, Blue Butterflies and Red Larva, Blue Spines, c. 1705-1717 https://t.co/jjFKBuMNgr #artsmia #aftermariasibyllamerian
#FrescoFriday Delphic Sibyl, fresco by #Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. Scala/Art Resource, New York: via Britannica
Sprigatito Evolution 🌱🌺👁️
#Sprigatito (Grass) -> Feloro (Grass) -> Sibylinx (Grass/Psychic) #PokemonScarletViolet
You ever just get attached to your game characters you've only had for a little while
Anyway here's Theron and Sibyl 💕💕
#EldenRingOC #OC