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

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THE CIMMERIAN: RED NAILS cover by Kendrick Lim.

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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

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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Hey ! Thank you for the thread !
I'm Meriandre, a french Game Art Student !

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2020-02-08

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

going to their Sabbath by Michael Herr and Mathhäus Merian printed on a broadsheet c.1626, coll. and painting by Luis Ricardo Falero, c.1878

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2020-02-04

My cover for Cimmerian Red Nails (cover b) published by . In stores 4/15/20. With interior art by Olivier Vatine and Didier Cassegrain, and written by Regis Hautiere.

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2020-01-31

(9/10) The HUGS collection
- Bow's dads' group hug is a bit too tight
- Bow after "coming out" to George & Lance as a soldier, not a librarian
- She-Ra hugged by a Plumerian lady and her baby
- Adora hugged by buff Elberonian lady

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Specimen entries from "Historiae Naturalis De Piscibus Et Cetis Libri V" by Jan Jonston. Frankfurt. Merian,1650.

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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

Le 1717 nous quitte Maria Sibylla Merian, naturaliste et peintre allemande. -Plantains and Caligo, 1705. Rose with Butterfly, Larva and Pupa, 1679

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🦋 Pioneering artist Maria Sibylla Merian died in 1717. She drew this beautiful picture during her stay in Surinam, after which it was engraved and printed in her book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium from 1730. Now on show ! https://t.co/EpqB83BbQL

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Pomegranate & Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly, 1702-3, by (1647-1717), who died In Dec '19 this work was voted into the https://t.co/Fqe4YOJS4S. Held at , https://t.co/G2GRiNWQU1

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2020-01-13

Drawn in ink and watercolour, this vivid pineapple (with an assortment of insects) was created by trailblazing artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian, who died in 1717 https://t.co/N12QMYgHvH

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2020-01-13

Niellen Leuvaarden (Leuvaarden-Roche), the pet NPC of the party in Witcher: Eclipse! He's half-Temerian, half-Nilfgaardian spy working to take down the Nilfgaardian empire, and the son of someone you may know

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2020-01-05