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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

Born 2 April 1647 (d 1727)
Maria Sibylla German and scientific
Amazing life and woman

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2021-04-02

Maria Sibylla trailblazing artist-scientist of the 17th century, was born in 1647!

Read more about Merian, a woman ahead of her time: https://t.co/EWly1ksXEa

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2021-04-02

Birthday in the park: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-17, naturalist and scientific illustrator.....https://t.co/7IDlC0rQUt

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2021-04-02

Pioneering artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian was born in 1647.

Dedicated to accurately illustrating the natural world, she was influential in the field of entomology.

Explore Merian’s sophisticated combination of art and science: https://t.co/hLjTKXqrHR

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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, born OTD in 1647.

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2021-04-02