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A rumour emerged in early 44 BC of a prophecy in the Sibylline Books, claiming that only a king could conquer Parthia. The rumour startled some senators, who thought that Julius Caesar would declare himself a king of Rome in order to fulfil the prophecy when he marched east

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2021-04-25

3/3 Agneta Block was a patron of naturalist/artist Maria Sibylla Merian, who recorded this pineapple w/ exciting cockroaches in her Insects of Surinam, 1705.

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2021-04-22

Sibylle Delacroix says it’s okay to shed some tears.
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>>> https://t.co/ewJIzs6bVT

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2021-04-22

Agnes Block died this day in 1704. A horticulturist and painter herself, she made her Vijverhof estate a residence for other botanical artists such as Johanna Helena Herolts-Graff, Maria Sibylla Merian, Maria Moninckx, and Alida Withoos.

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2021-04-21

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian for a final class project. She was one of the first Europeans to observe insects in their natural habitat and she was a famous natural illustrator.

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2021-04-17

Check out NORROWAY, BOOK TWO! In stores today!

Seven years have passed since the disastrous events of BOOK ONE, and now it's time for Sibylla to face her curse-breaking destiny.



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2021-04-15

Spring Flowers in a Chinese Vase, 1680
Fiori primaverili in un vaso cinese
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)

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2021-04-14

Concept art for Sibyl! Catch her at your local coffee shop!

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2021-04-13

Libyan Sibyl, by Michelangelo on the Sisting Chapel ceiling

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2021-04-12

Libyan Sibyl, by Michelangelo on the Sisting Chapel ceiling

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2021-04-12

With and without the "yousonofabitch" meme format. Loved trying my hand at the different colored outline style that 's avatar was drawn in, really loved how it turned out. Sibyl and Sabie got that Overall Enthusiasm!

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2021-04-11

There was another famous Sibyl I bumped into once,the Sibyl of Cumae, near Naples, as consulted by Aeneas, referenced by Ovid and Petronius. Painted by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)(1581-1641), and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (sometimes I wonder how much M liked women😏)

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2021-04-07

2/2 A basket of flowers from artist-naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, celebrating her birthday today.

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2021-04-03

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

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2021-04-03

Farmer's peony with narcissus, as studied by Johanna Helena Herolt, daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian. Ran in the family, this natural talent!

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2021-04-03

Maria Sibylla Merian, born 1647, was a pioneering naturalist, botanist, entomologist & artist. She was fascinated how caterpillars metamorphosed into butterflies & moths & her close illustrations were the first to depict the life cycles of insects & their food plants.🦋🐛🌼

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2021-04-03

These beautiful drawings were made by pioneering artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian, who was born in 1647. Pineapple & examples of five insects, & life cycle of two moths, from 'Merian's Drawings of Surinam Insects'. Watercolour & bodycolour on vellum, 1701–05.

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2021-04-03


"Art & shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) in

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2021-04-03

Born today in 1647, botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian took an early interest in She retained indigenous names for the not-yet-described species she found in Suriname and performed controlled laboratory experiments to investigate caterpillars' plant preferences.

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2021-04-03