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Glorious Title Page of a Wonderful Book!
Maria Sibylla Merian, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung. 1683. UB Erlangen-Nürnberg

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2019-01-29

(1647–1717) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator, and one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly. Explore her works in our https://t.co/vWqYbku740

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2019-01-28

Another installment of the Pioneers:Trailblazing women in the arts, sciences and society. The second installment is all about one of my favourite women in science - the great Maria Sibylla Merian! https://t.co/Za7M6Hpokl

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2019-01-26

Recreation of an ancient Olmec artifact looking an awful lot like an astronaut in some kind of a vessel.

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2019-01-25

So much to see at National Museum: Sumerian Mona Lisa/Mask of Warka, image of woman farmer, and so much more...#IraqMsptmia,

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2019-01-24

Turning nature into art: the pioneering naturalist, entomologist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian died in 1717. She travelled the world & created brilliant drawings & illustrations of plants & insects, making detailed notes on the behaviour & life cycle of butterflies.

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2019-01-14

Possibly a royal being from the Mesopotamian Urbaid period (3500-7000 BC). Strange human or alien creature?

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2018-12-29

Two tulips and two irises, c. 1700, by Johanna Helena Herolt (German, 1668-1723), a daughter of Held at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, ; image source, https://t.co/GivPxITMdI

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2018-12-22

Merian’s work was executed with such accuracy and detail that later scientists, including Linnaeus, would use it to describe 100 species, including the tarantula.
Story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2018-12-05

In 1699, Merian - divorced, 52 years old & a self-taught naturalist - became the first European woman to undertake a scientific expedition to South America, largely self-funding the trip by selling 255 of her paintings.
Story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2018-12-05

A rare black from Central America has been named in honor of Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century naturalist and illustrator who was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis.
Full story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2018-12-06

I’ve probably way too many OCs & multiple variations.
🔻HS troll ancestor ocs
🔻Ea/Enki, based off of the Sumerian deity
🔻SU oc Chrysanthemum Jasper
🔻HS troll ancestor & descendant ocs as sprites (+different outfits, etc. Unfinished)
🔻even my icon is part of one of my OCs

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2018-11-24

A Green Plover
Maria Sibylla Merian
Drawings
German, 17th-18th century

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2018-11-22

Bloodborne Inktober Day 28: Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen.

"The red stains on her dress suggests Mergo, her baby, was taken from her before being born. This, along with the fact that she's handcuffed indicates all of this happened against her will."

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2018-11-19

A Green Plover
Maria Sibylla Merian
Drawings
German, 17th-18th century

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2018-11-03

For , a few gorgeous examples of the work of Maria Sibylla Merian , all on one page. Merian was one of the 1st to show the lifecycle of insects & w/ the plants they inhabited. See more in "De Europischen insecten" (1730) in : https://t.co/2UDXZ66bjM

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2018-11-03

Maria Sibylla Merian was a artist-scientist in the 17th Century, and a new illustrated biography for young readers is now available via ! Learn more on the blog: https://t.co/JhWKgvcXwo

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2018-10-26

Happy
List: https://t.co/zAocUZsDVn

Top this week:
Shuri
Black Hammer: Age of Doom
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Colossal Conan the Cimmerian HC
Venom Annual
Marvel Zombie

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2018-10-17