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The Great Flood may not be a myth. The flood appears in ancient Sumerian, in the Hindu Matsya Purana, in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, in the Bible & with ancient Greeks w/ Zeus' flooding of the world in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Scientists have found evidence in the Black Sea.
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German naturalist and scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study in an age of extreme restriction on women #womensart
Excited to share the latest addition to my #etsy shop: Gilgamesh and the Dream of Endiku Original Painting Epic Poem from Ancient Mesopotamia Sumerian Art History Sumeria Uruk Humbaba Mythology https://t.co/hvrdyuP63p
Glad to hear the Savage Cimmerian is back with Marvel. My life when I was a kid was Savage Sword of Conan ⚔️ and Conan Saga magazines. Just a quick-o-destroy sketch of him. #conanthebarbarian #procreate #ipadpro #marvel #comicartist #sketch
@BioDivLibrary @museumsvictoria @CrossrefOrg @DOI_Foundation I do think old books are beautiful in their own right, but it's much easier to make audiences gasp with wonder when your slides are filled with images from/by Seba, Audubon, Merian, Gould, Scott, Shaw, Curtis, Bartholomew, Becker, etc. Sigh.
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium - Maria Sibylla Merian #Artificialia_Illustraciencia #Sciart https://t.co/2R9Yl3evoe
You can see the work of both Merian and Graff, including these watercolour paintings, in our free display about the collections of the Museum’s founder Hans Sloane in Room 90a: https://t.co/J3wyHL7uhI
Maria Sibylla Merian and her daughter Dorothea Graff were pioneering painters and printmakers famous for their scientific illustrations. In 1699 they travelled to Surinam in South America where they made extensive notes and sketches of the colourful wildlife
@LiveScience Remember what is 'Win of Pyr', and how the Sumerian fairytale 'Ali Baba and the 40 thieves' finishes; the Lands of Ur, the morning after death, the tears of the Sun, the sacred tongues of will and sacred mummy darkness; protuberatic rage gone out of the dead night's stomach.
Spectacular images from 17/18C German artist/naturalist Maria Merian's pioneering scientific expedition to S America
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study #womensart
Johanna Helena Herolt, daughter of the famed #MariaSibyllaMerian, was a gifted botanical artist in her own right #MuseumWeek #womenMW
#FlashbackFriday #Frog #Metamorphosis
Merian, 1726, PL 71, Frog Metamorphic Stages
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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study #womensart
Close up detail of the Merian Palm Superwide Wallpaper one of the many TB prints on display in our new Trade Showroom #interiors #wallpaper
Exhibition | The Treasury Collection: Works by Maria Sibylla Merian https://t.co/llqyvdZOFK
German-born botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born on this date in 1647. This is "Caterpillar and Butterfly." @rijksmuseum #art
Origin of King Kong goes back to adventurers of the 19th century Africa.
Mr. Merian C. Cooper was obsessed with gorillas since age 6 (cont)